The concept of "civil society" was borrowed from eighteenth-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and postcommunist regimes elsewhere. In China, the Democracy Movement forced the concept onto the intellectual agenda during the struggle to come to terms with the growth of dissent and the failure of s...
The concept of "civil society" was borrowed from eighteenth-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and postcommunist regimes elsewhere. In China, the Democracy Movement forced the concept onto the intellectual agenda during the struggle to come to terms with the growth of dissent and the failure of student activism to find a secure foothold. The question that drives this book is whether this concept is useful for analyzing China, and if so, in what ways and within what limits.
For Shils, a civil society is one in which the law binds both state and citizens together and they exercise the "virtue of civility", the hallmark of good citizenship."Civility"means moderating particular,individual, or parochial interests and giving precedence to the common good. The citizen, a civil person, exercises the virtue of civility by giving precedence to the common good over individual feelings and needs (查看原文)
The book is based on mid to late 1990s’ material and it seems not very updated with the recent phenomenon of massive NGO development. But the general argument of this book is still valid.
The book is based on mid to late 1990s’ material and it seems not very updated with the recent phenomenon of massive NGO development. But the general argument of this book is still valid.
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中央编译出版社2014版
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中央编译出版社2014版
0 有用 敬之 2012-02-20 17:41:40
The book is based on mid to late 1990s’ material and it seems not very updated with the recent phenomenon of massive NGO development. But the general argument of this book is still valid.
0 有用 敬之 2012-02-20 17:41:40
The book is based on mid to late 1990s’ material and it seems not very updated with the recent phenomenon of massive NGO development. But the general argument of this book is still valid.