Democratic civility : the history and cross-cultural possibility of a modern political ideal / edited by Robert W. Hefner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. On the History and Cross-Cultural Possibility of a Democratic Ideal / Robert W. Hefner -- 2. Genealogies of Civility / John A. Hall -- 3. Between Public and Private: Towards a Sociology of Civil Society / Adam B. Seligman -- 4. A Reasonable Role for Religion? Moral Practices, Civic Participation, and Market Behavior / Robert Wuthnow -- 5. The Social Roots of Prosperity and Liberty / Brigitte Berger -- 6. Civil Society, Pillarization, and the Welfare State / Anton C. Zijderveld -- 7. Is Civil Society Enough? Comparing Romania and the American South / Daniel Chirot -- 8. Between Nation and Civil Society: Ethnolinguistic and Religious Pluralism in Independent Ukraine / Jose Casanova -- 9. Horizontal Ties and Civil Institutions in Chinese Societies / Robert P. Weller -- 10. The Function of Business-Related Reciprocity in Chinese Non-Civil Societies / S. Gordon Redding -- 11. Cohabitation? Islamist and Secular Groups in Modern Turkey / Resat Kasaba --

12. A Muslim Civil Society? Indonesian Reflections on the Conditions of Its Possibility / Robert W. Hefner.

Democratic Civility examines the core requirements necessary to make democracy work. Subtly interweaving case studies and theoretical reflection. Hefner and his contributors examine the ideals, culture, development, and organization of civil democracy. Against a historical background, they consider today's challenges to democracy, asking whether international politics is destined to lead to a clash of civilizations, or whether civil and democratic ideas are indeed realizable in a multicultural world.

Democratic Civility will be of interest to those in the fields of anthropology, sociology, history, political theory, and philosophy.