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Civil Society in British History

Jose Harris
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      This book explores the many different strands in the language of civil society from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a series of case-studies it investigates the applicability of the term to a wide range of historical settings. These include 'state interference', voluntary associations, economic decision-making, social and economic planning, the 'bourgeois public sphere', civil society in wartime, the 'inclusion' and 'exclusion' of women, andrelations between the state, the voluntary sector, and individual citizens. The contributors suggest that the sharp distinction between civil society and the state, common in much continental thought, was of only limited application in a British context. They show how past understandings of the termwere often very different from (even in some respects the exact opposite of) those held today, arguing that it makes more sense to understand civil society as a phenomenon that varies between differenc cultures and periods, rather than a universally applicable set of principles and procedures.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jose Harris EAN: 9780199260201 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 641 g HEIGHT: 240 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-11-20 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      c 1500 onwards to present day, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Constitution: government and the state, European history

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      This book explores the many different strands in the language of civil society from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a series of case-studies it investigates the applicability of the term to a wide range of historical settings. These include 'state interference', voluntary associations, economic decision-making, social and economic planning, the 'bourgeois public sphere', civil society in wartime, the 'inclusion' and 'exclusion' of women, andrelations between the state, the voluntary sector, and individual citizens. The contributors suggest that the sharp distinction between civil society and the state, common in much continental thought, was of only limited application in a British context. They show how past understandings of the termwere often very different from (even in some respects the exact opposite of) those held today, arguing that it makes more sense to understand civil society as a phenomenon that varies between differenc cultures and periods, rather than a universally applicable set of principles and procedures.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jose Harris EAN: 9780199260201 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 641 g HEIGHT: 240 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-11-20 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      c 1500 onwards to present day, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Constitution: government and the state, European history

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