{"product_id":"real-civil-societies-dilemmas-of-institutionalization-9780761958215","title":"Real Civil Societies: Dilemmas of Institutionalization","description":"In recent social and political theory the term  civil society′ has achieved renewed currency. Traditionally used in a normative or  ideal-type′ sense, the term describes a form of social organization - that is simply neither economic nor political - where democracy, liberty and widespread solidarity are essential regulatory concepts.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten from an empirical social-science perspective by some of the world′s most important social theorists, this volume is a critical examination of the normative sense of  civil society′. It includes analyses of civil society and democracy, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and post-communism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.40w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761958215\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeffrey Alexander is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40509904388211,"sku":"9.78076E+12","price":100.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_892a007c-26a1-441a-9f0d-0f909e136f14.jpg?v=1665581119","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/real-civil-societies-dilemmas-of-institutionalization-9780761958215","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}