Paul Hirst is Professor of Social Theory, at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of fourteen books including Pre-capitalist modes of production (1975, with Barry Hin dess), Marxism and historical uniting (1985), After Thatcherf (1989), Associative democracy (1993), and Globalization in question (1996, with Grahame Thompson). His work has been translated into German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Democracy and associative governance; Chapter 2 Associative democracy; Chapter 3 Associational democracy; Chapter 4 From statism to pluralism; Chapter 5 Democracy; Part 2 Democracy and civil society; Chapter 6 Quangos and democratic government; Chapter 7 Democracy and civil society; Chapter 8 Can the Conservatives reinvent civil society?; Chapter 9 Sidestepping the state; Part 3 Global pressures and democratic governance; Chapter 10 The state, civil society and the collapse of soviet communism; Chapter 11 Security challenges in postcommunist Europe; Chapter 12 Endism – Francis Fukuyama; Chapter 13 The myth of globalization; Chapter 14 The international origins of national sovereignty; Chapter 15 Why the national still matters;

Paul Hirst is Professor of Social Theory, at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of fourteen books including Pre-capitalist modes of production (1975, with Barry Hin dess), Marxism and historical uniting (1985), After Thatcherf (1989), Associative democracy (1993), and Globalization in question (1996, with Grahame Thompson). His work has been translated into German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Democracy and associative governance; Chapter 2 Associative democracy; Chapter 3 Associational democracy; Chapter 4 From statism to pluralism; Chapter 5 Democracy; Part 2 Democracy and civil society; Chapter 6 Quangos and democratic government; Chapter 7 Democracy and civil society; Chapter 8 Can the Conservatives reinvent civil society?; Chapter 9 Sidestepping the state; Part 3 Global pressures and democratic governance; Chapter 10 The state, civil society and the collapse of soviet communism; Chapter 11 Security challenges in postcommunist Europe; Chapter 12 Endism – Francis Fukuyama; Chapter 13 The myth of globalization; Chapter 14 The international origins of national sovereignty; Chapter 15 Why the national still matters;

Paul Hirst is Professor of Social Theory, at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of fourteen books including Pre-capitalist modes of production (1975, with Barry Hin dess), Marxism and historical uniting (1985), After Thatcherf (1989), Associative democracy (1993), and Globalization in question (1996, with Grahame Thompson). His work has been translated into German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Democracy and associative governance; Chapter 2 Associative democracy; Chapter 3 Associational democracy; Chapter 4 From statism to pluralism; Chapter 5 Democracy; Part 2 Democracy and civil society; Chapter 6 Quangos and democratic government; Chapter 7 Democracy and civil society; Chapter 8 Can the Conservatives reinvent civil society?; Chapter 9 Sidestepping the state; Part 3 Global pressures and democratic governance; Chapter 10 The state, civil society and the collapse of soviet communism; Chapter 11 Security challenges in postcommunist Europe; Chapter 12 Endism – Francis Fukuyama; Chapter 13 The myth of globalization; Chapter 14 The international origins of national sovereignty; Chapter 15 Why the national still matters;