The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and the State

The family can be viewed as one of the links in a "golden chain" connecting individuals, the private sphere, civil society, and the democratic state; as potentially an important source of energy for social activity; and as the primary institution that socializes and diffuses the values and norms that are of fundamental importance for civil society. Yet much of the literature on civil society pays very little attention to the complex relations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857454706
• ISBN13: 9780857454706
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"