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This volume offers historical perspectives on the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEditor’s Preface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tDieter Gosewinkel and Jürgen Kocka\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Introduction and Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tJürgen Nautz, Paul Ginsborg, and Ton Nijhuis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eUncharted Territories: Individuals, Families, Civil Society and the Democratic State\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Ginsborg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Feminist Historical Views\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eGendered Boundaries. Civil Society, the Public\/Private Divide and the Family\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKaren Hagemann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Family, Civil Society, and Social Policy: a U.S. Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSonya Michel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Feminist Mobilization and Family Change: a Case Study of a Grassroots Women’s Organization in Quebec\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnne Revillard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Family and Society in South and Western Europe – Case Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Corporate Birthmarks of Civil Society: Kinship and Kinship Networks in Voluntary Associations, 1800–1848\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCarola Lipp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eState, Society and Family Change in 20th Century Spain: the Evolution of the ‘Strong Family-Model’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElisa Chuliá\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Foundation of Civilized Society: Family and Social Policy in Britain and Italy between 1946 and 1960\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefania Bernini\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eChildren and Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Keane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: State and changing families in Eastern Europe and the Middle East\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Failures of Modernity: Family, Civil Society and State in the Passage from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAyşe Saraçgil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eIsrael and Palestine through Family, Civil Society and State. An Overview\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcella Simoni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eGendered Boundaries between the State, Family and Civil Society – the Case of Poland after 1989\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElżbieta Korolcuk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eFamily Structures and Civil Society Perspectives in Present-day Serbia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDragica Vujadinovic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038910546263,"sku":"9780857454706","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857454706.jpg?v=1750941905","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-golden-chain-family-civil-society-and-the-state-6-studies-on-civil-society-6-9780857454706","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}