Civil Society Fourth Edition Edwards Hardback Polity Press 9781509537341

Civil Society\nby Michael Edwards\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Michael Edwards\nTitle: Civil Society\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Politics and government\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2019\nEdition: 4th edition\nISBN-13: 9781509537341\nISBN-10: 1509537341\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nNow in its fourth edition, Civil Society has become a major work of reference for those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in a troubled world. \nRecent economic and political developments do not bode well for the theory and practice of civil society: communities are increasingly divided; inequality is on the rise; authoritarians and populists have gained a foothold even in advanced democracies; restrictions on freedom of sp.