Markets and Civil Society

The European Experience in Comparative Perspective
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84545-607-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Reihe: Studies on Civil Society

The nature of the currently emerging European society, which includes the economic and social transformation of Eastern and Central European countries, has been hotly debated. At its center is the relationship between markets and civil society within political and social contexts. The contributors to this volume offer perspectives from various disciplines (the social sciences, conceptual history, law, economics) and from several European countries in order to explore the ways in which markets influence various forms of civil society, such as individual freedom, social cohesion, economic effectiveness and democratic governance, and influence the construction of a civil society in a broader sense.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pérez-Díaz, Victor

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Editors Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction: Markets, civil societies and the political space

Victor Pérez-Díaz

PART I: MARKETS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Chapter 2. Markets as conversations: Markets' contribution to civility, the public sphere and civil society at large

Chapter 3. An entrepreneurial theory of social and cultural chance

Chapter 4. Civil society elements in European court systems: Towards a comparative analysis and a reference to an economic point of view

Chapter 5. Dispute resolution systems and global markets: why arbitration?

PART II: CIVIL SOCIETY IN TRANSITIONS TO, AND CONSOLIDATIONS OF, MARKET ECONOMIES AND LIBERAL POLITICS

Chapter 6. Consumer credit and society in transition countries

Chapter 7. The politics of civic combinations

Chapter 8. Informal intermediaries and civic organizations in state-business relationships in Russia

Chapter 9. Enterpreneurs, consumers and civility: The case of Poland

Chapter 10. Conclusions and suggestions for further research

Notes on contributors

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pérez-Díaz, Victor
Victor Pérez-Díaz received his Ph D from Harvard University and is now Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid and Director of the ASP Research Center. He has been a visiting professor of government at Harvard University, MIT, University of California at San Diego, the SciencesPo, and New York University. His recent books include The Return Of Civil Society (Harvard, 1993), Spain at the Crossroads (Harvard, 1999), and La Lezione Spagnola (Il Mulino, 2003).