The Political Economy of Civil Society and Human Rights
Book : The Political Economy of Civil Society and Human Rights
Author : * G.B.Madison
Language : English
Library : Non-Governmental Organizations
Publish Place : London
ISBN : 0-415-16677-2
Publish Date : January 1998
Publisher : Routledge
Book Type : Book
Book Number : 2213
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INDEXCONTENTS
Introduction
1 THE IDEA OF CIVIL SOCIETY
The Year of Truth
The rebirth of an idea
Civil society and human rights
2 A NEW THREAT TO AN OLD IDEA The new tribalism Civil society versus community A word of warning from the East Rethinking civil society
3 THE MORAL-CULTURAL ORDER
The importance of ideas
Communicative rationality
Spontaneous orders and the order of truth
The rules of rationality
The ethics of communicative rationality
Freedom under seige
Freedom, a universal value
4 THE POLITICAL ORDER
The spontaneous order of the democratic polity
The discussion/deliberation community
The public realm: private interests and the public good
The role of government in civil society
The civic culture of a democratic regime
The polity and the economy
5 THE ECONOMIC ORDER Democracy and the market The spontaneous order of the market
The role of the state in the economy Democratic capitalism and social justice
APPENDIX
On Civil Society and International Justice
Notes References Name index Subject index

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