"These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society, ' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of …
Bringing together historians and political scientists, this collaboration compares 19th century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded.
Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded.
The book brings together a strong field of anthropologists offering in-depth ethnographic studies of urban settings in the mediterranean region, ranging from Portugal, to Albania and to Israel. Their aim is to initiate a comparative discussion of the relationship between establi…
The book brings together a strong field of anthropologists offering in-depth ethnographic studies of urban settings in the mediterranean region, ranging from Portugal, to Albania and to Israel. Their aim is to initiate a comparative discussion of the relationship between establi…
The contributors to Beyond Civil Society argue that the conventional distinction between civic and uncivic protest, and between activism in institutions and in the streets, does not accurately describe the complex interactions of forms and locations of activism characteristic of…
The idea of civil society has long been central to the Western liberal-democratic tradition, where it has been seen as a crucial site for the development and pursuit of basic liberal values such as individual freedom, social pluralism, and democratic citizenship. This book consi…
