The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society

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About the author

Michael Edwards is currently Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos in New York, Senior Visiting Scholar at the Robert F Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at Manchester University in the UK. He is also the former Senior Advisor to World Bank on Civil Society and the former Director of the Ford Foundation's Governance and Civil Society Program.

Summary

Broadly speaking, The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society views the topic of civil society through three prisms: as a part of society (voluntary associations), as a kind of society (marked out by certain social norms), and as a space for citizen action and engagement (the public square or sphere).

Additional text

The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society presents a kaleidoscope of views...The entries are concise and well-written, focusing on major issues of contention in academic debate, thus providing ideal readings for classes and for introduction to the topic.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Edwards, Michael (EDT) Edwards, Edwards Michael
• Assisted by: Michael Edwards (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780195398571
• ISBN: 978-0-19-539857-1
• No. of pages: 515
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Oxford Handbooks in Politics and International Relations; Oxford Handbooks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties