| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 793 pages) |
| Contents |
Possibilities of justice -- Real civil societies : dilemmas of institutionalization -- Bringing democracy back in : realism, morality, solidarity -- Discourses : liberty and repression -- Communicative institutions : public opinion, mass media, polls, associations -- Regulative institutions (1) : voting, parties, office -- Regulative institutions (2) : the civil force of law -- Contradictions : uncivilizing pressures and civil repair -- Social movements as civil translations -- Gender and civil repair : the long and winding road through m/otherhood -- Race and civil repair (1) : duality and the creation of a black civil society -- Race and civil repair (2) : the civil rights movement and communicative solidarity -- Race and civil repair (3) : civil trauma and the tightening spiral of communication and regulation -- Race and civil repair (4) : regulatory reform and ritualization -- Integration between difference and solidarity -- Encounters with the other -- The three pathways to incorporation -- The Jewish question : anti-semitism and the failure of assimilation -- Answering the Jewish question in America : before and after the Holocaust -- Conclusion : civil society as a project |
| Summary |
Societies are not governed only by power and self-interest. What then does make societies function? How do real individuals live together in real societies in the real world? This work addresses this central paradox of modern life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-785) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Civil society.
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Cultural pluralism.
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Social interaction.
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Cultural Diversity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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Civil society
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Cultural pluralism
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Social interaction
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Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
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Pluralistische Gesellschaft
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Interaktion
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Soziale Bewegung
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Solidarität
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Sozialordnung
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Bürgerliche Gesellschaft.
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Gesellschaft -- Individuum -- Pluralismus -- Interaktion.
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Civila samhället.
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Social interaktion.
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Pluralism (politiskt begrepp)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198036814 |
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0198036817 |
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