Civil Society by John R Ehrenberg
Winner of the 1999 Michael J. Harrington Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science of APSA Examines the tenets of civil society as they have been understood in the past two and a half millennia In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? Civil Society examines the historical, political, and theoretical evolution of how civil society has been understood for the past two and a half millennia. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Colin Powell's Volunteers for America, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities-and limits-of what this increasingly important idea can offer to contemporary political affairs.
No one involved in the current debates over civil society-and there can only be a few serious scholars who are not-will want to miss John Ehrenberg's trenchant and thrill-packed (well, for us theorists anyway) workA major contribution to the history of political theory by one of the brightest stars in the critical galaxy. * Bertoll Ollman,author of Dialectical Investigations *
Ehrenberg's work is a book that anyone studying the third sector shoul dhave on his or her bookshelf. * Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations *
A sweeping and illuminating analysis of the evolving concept of civil society. Ehrenberg locates understandings of civil society in the context of historically changing relations of state, economy, and community and helps us to understand the ambiguities and even contradictions which beriddle the oft-evoked term. -- Frances Fox Piven,CUNY Graduate Center
An absorbing study of a seminal idea in the history of political theory . . . This is a beautifully written work with an important critical perspective. It makes a genuine scholarly contribution. -- Stephen Eric Bronner,Rutgers University
Ehrenberg's work is a book that anyone studying the third sector shoul dhave on his or her bookshelf. * Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations *
A sweeping and illuminating analysis of the evolving concept of civil society. Ehrenberg locates understandings of civil society in the context of historically changing relations of state, economy, and community and helps us to understand the ambiguities and even contradictions which beriddle the oft-evoked term. -- Frances Fox Piven,CUNY Graduate Center
An absorbing study of a seminal idea in the history of political theory . . . This is a beautifully written work with an important critical perspective. It makes a genuine scholarly contribution. -- Stephen Eric Bronner,Rutgers University
John Ehrenberg is a Senior Professor of Political Science and Department Chair at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. He is the author of Civil Society, winner of the 1999 Michael J. Harrington Prize from the American Political Science Association.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814722077 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814722075 |
| Title | Civil Society |
| Author | John R Ehrenberg |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New York University Press |
| Year published | 1999-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 285 |
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