Exploring civil society : political and cultural contexts / edited by Marlies Glasius, David Lewis and Hakan Seckinelgin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exploring civil society internationally / Marlies Glasius, David Lewis and Hakan Seckinelgin -- Putting civil society in its place / Bhikhu Parekh -- Problem with civil society : putting modern European history back into contemporary debate / Frank Trentmann -- Civil society in multilingual polities / Neera Chandhoke -- In the church of civil society / Chris Hann -- Civil society in Latin America : uncivil, liberal and participatory models / Leonardo Avritzer -- Collective action or public participation? : civil society and the public sphere in post-transition Latin America / Jenny Pearce -- Civil society in Eastern Europe : growth without engagement / Jerzy Celichowski -- Civil society in the United States of America : prototype or exception? An essay on cultural self-understanding / Helmut Anheier -- In Paris, the global place is no longer Saint Germain des Prés : civil society and the French debate / Bernard Dreano -- Western Europe : democratic civil society versus neoliberalism / Hilary Wainwright -- 'Old' and 'new' civil societies in Bangladesh / David Lewis -- Seizing spaces, challenging marginalization and claiming voice : new trends in civil society in China / Jude Howell -- Central Asian fragmented civil society : communal and neoliberal forms in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan / Sabine Freizer -- On the evolution of civil society in Nigeria / Sola Akinrinade -- Civil society in South Africa / Deborah James -- Civil society in West Africa : between discourse and reality / Ebenezer Obadare -- Civil society in Iran : past, present and the future / Ali Paya -- Contractions of a sociocultural reflex : civil society in Turkey / Hakan Seckinelgin -- Unfulfilled aspirations : civil society in Palestine 1993-98 / Salma A. Shawa -- Globalization and civil society / Mary Kaldor -- Global civil society and global governmentality / Ronnie D. Lipschutz.