The Civil Sphere A Concise Introduction Kivisto Sciortino Hardback Polity

The Civil SphereA Concise Introduction\nAuthor(s): Peter Kivisto, Giuseppe Sciortino\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509560561, 978-1509560561\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to Jeffrey C. Alexanders Civil Sphere Theory (CST). It reconstructs the development and key features of this theory and explains why it offers an original and compelling way of thinking about civil society. \n\nThe book reveals the ways in which the various components of CST come together to offer an illuminating framework for making sense of the complexities, ambiguities, and tensions inherent in modern democracies located in highly differentiated and pluralistic societies. It compares CST to civil society theories from the past and present, along with the idea of the societal community and Habermass theory of the public sphere.\n\nAmong the topics addressed are the relationship between CST and Alexanders appro.