Civil society

The concept ‘civil society’ , and its relevance for democracy, is currently very much in vogue among a variety of scholars who are interested in the process of societal democratization. An argument is forwarded in favour of civil society as a domain that can enhance the prospects for democracy by involving people in democracy. Despite the pro-civil society stance in this article it is argued that the concept needs to be contextualized. It is also argued that the concept is not a ‘magic cure’ and that civil society in itself can be undemocratic and exploitative

Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Political theory and Gramsci

• The Uses and Abuses of 'Civil Society'

  Ellen Meiksins Wood•Karl Marx•2017

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• Whose Keeper

  Alan Wolfe•Whose Keeper?•1989

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• Reclaiming the Public

  Open Access•Gail Kligman•East European Politics and…•1990

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• An unlikely Utopia

  Steven Friedman•Politikon•1991

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• Civil Society

  Krishan Kumar•British Journal of Sociology•1993

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• Thinking the Revolutions of 1989

  Sasha Weitman•British Journal of Sociology•1992

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• Social Self-Organisation, Civility and Sociology

  Christopher G A Bryant•British Journal of Sociology•1993

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• Civil Society and Social Anomy in Poland

  Open Access•Lena Kolarska-Bobitiska•Acta Sociologica•1990

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• The State, civil society and the collapse of Soviet communism

  Paul Hirst•Economy and Society•1991

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• Economy, state and civil society

  Pat Devine•Economy and Society•1991

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