Sustaining Civil Society - Economic Change, Democracy, and the Social Construction of Citizenship in Latin America

Oxhorn studies the process by which social groups are incorporated into national socioeconomic and political development through an approach that focuses on the "social construction of citizenship." He sets forth a theory of civil society adequate for explaining current developments in a way that such controversial neoconservative theories cannot.

About the author

Philip Oxhorn is Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University.

Summary

Oxhorn studies the process by which social groups are incorporated into national socioeconomic and political development through an approach that focuses on the “social construction of citizenship.” He sets forth a theory of civil society adequate for explaining current developments in a way that such controversial neoconservative theories cannot.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Oxhorn, Oxhorn Philip
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2011
• EAN: 9780271048949
• ISBN: 978-0-271-04894-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Illustrations: Schaubilder, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political science & theory, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship