State and Civil Society: A Research Path of Social Theory (Revised Edition)

Author: Deng Zhenglai
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book collects 25 papers, divided into four parts to discuss the definition of the concept of civil society, the interconnection of research on civil society and social integration, the specific studies of applying the civil society model to Chinese history and present conditions, and civil society research and global civil society issues under the impact of globalization. It aims to promote thinking and discussion on the various issues emerging in the study of Chinese civil society, and to provide some indispensable research literature for deepening the theoretical research on localization in this field. The book is suitable for sociologists and learners. The construction of the discourse on Chinese civil society itself is a multi-angle and multi-level debate process, and the most important debate is concentrated in two areas: one is the debate on whether the social model of civil society, originating from Western historical experience, can be constructed as a social entity in China; the other is the debate on the theoretical problems reflected in the "modern and traditional" mindset and the theoretical assumptions of the civil society as an explanatory model.
This book collects 25 papers, divided into four parts to discuss the definition of the concept of civil society, the interconnection of research on civil society and social integration, the specific studies of applying the civil society model to Chinese history and present conditions, and civil society research and global civil society issues under the impact of globalization. It aims to promote thinking and discussion on the various issues emerging in the study of Chinese civil society, and to provide some indispensable research literature for deepening the theoretical research on localization in this field.