Civil Society

John A Hall is Emeritus James McGill Professor of Sociology at McGill University and the author of many books including Powers and Liberties: The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West (Blackwell, 1985), Liberalism: Politics, Ideology and the Market (Paladin, 1988), Coercion and Consent: Studies on the Modern State (Polity, 1994) and International Orders:Essays, Interpretations and Rejoinders (Polity, 1996).

'Helpful to all students of the subject, and indeed whets the appetite for more.' International Affairs 'The value of the volume is that it reveals the diversity of traditions, concepts and debates that feed into the historical experiences of civil society.' Political Studies

• 1. In Search of Civil Society: John A Hall. 2. The Importance of Being Modular: Ernest Gellner.3. Civil Society in Communist China? Private Business and Political Alliance, 1989: David Wank.4. The Possibility of Civil Society: Traditions, Character and Challenges: Victor Perez-Diaz.5. The Nature of Social Ties and the Future of Postcommunist Society: Poland after Solidarity: Wlodimierz Wesolowski.6. Civic Nation, Civil Society, Civil Religion: Christopher Bryant.7. Philosophers' Models on the Carpathian Lowlands: Christopher Hann.8. Post-Marxism, No Friend of Civil Society: Hudson Meadwell.9. Amimadversions upon Civil Society and Civic Virtue in the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century: Adam Seligman.10. Modernity, Late Development and Civil Society: Nicos Mouzelis.11. From Controlled Inclusion to Coerced Marginalization: the Struggle for Civil Society in Latin America: Philip Oxhorn.12. Civil Society and Islam: Serif Mardin.13. Civil Society and its Future: Salvador Giner.Index.