{"product_id":"civil-society-berlin-perspectives-9781845450649","title":"Civil Society: Berlin Perspectives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAt the moment, no other European city attracts so much fascination as the city of Berlin. An unrivalled symbol of modern urban life, Berlin is a dynamic city whose inhabitants, in the course of the past two centuries, have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society, several times over. This volume situates itself within these developments by presenting, for the first time in English, a sample of the best, recently written essays on contemporary civil societies, their structural problems, and their uncertain future, written by scholars with a close, long-standing relationship with the city. They are pre-occupied with a broad sweep of substantive themes, but in each case they focus upon one or other of the key trends that are shaping actually existing civil societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The range and depth of this volume is impressive, as evidenced in Keane's excellent introduction, which extends from the philosophical foundations of civil society to its historical antecedents… By providing such a rich canvas of case studies and by illuminating the immanent tensions civil societies contend with, this book will become a standard reference for those interested in Europe and for scholars more generally engaged in state-society relations and the growing field of global studies.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-German\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tEditors’ Preface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDieter Gosewinkel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJürgen Kocka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Cities and Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJohn Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Civil Society in Historical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJürgen Kocka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Corporate Responsibility and Historical Injustice\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSusanne-Sophia Spiliotis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Faces of Social Inequality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePaul Nolte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Civil Society: Desperate Wishful Thinking?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHerfried Münkler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Transformations of German Civil Society: Milieu Change and Community Spirit\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHans Joas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrank Adloff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Civility, Violence and Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSven Reichardt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Is There, or Can There Be, a ‘European Society’?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eClaus Offe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Social Movements Challenging Neoliberal Globalization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDieter Rucht\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Entangled Histories: Civil Society, Caste Solidarities and Legal Pluralism in Post-colonial India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eShalini Randeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Temptations of Unfreedom: Erasmus Intellectuals in the Age of Totalitarianism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRalf Dahrendorf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042963259735,"sku":"9781845450649","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845450649.jpg?v=1750956420","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/civil-society-berlin-perspectives-9781845450649","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}