Civil Society and Democratic Theory

This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference, models which suggest that civil society does offer new and non-statist democratic possibilities.

Gideon Baker is Lecturer in Political Theory in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. He has published articles in various journals including Contemporary Politics, Democratization and Politics.

Part I: The Parallel Polis: Central-East European Models of Civil Society Part II: Democracy at the Grass Roots: Latin American Part III: The Taming of the Idea of Civil Society Since Part IV: New Alternatives? Part V: The Democracy of Civil Society: Theory and Practice