The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society

by Michael Edwards

Book Overview

In the past two decades, 'civil society' has become a central organizing concept in the social sciences. Occupying the middle ground between the state and private life, the civil sphere encompasses everything from associations to protests to church groups to nongovernmental organizations. Interest in the topic exploded with the decline of statism in the 1980s and 1990s, and many of our current debates about politics and social policy are informed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019933014X
• ISBN13: 9780199330140
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"