Civil Society, Definitions and Approaches
Entry in the Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Books Springer Click here to read excerpt in PDF format...
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18
January
2009
Civil Society
Children and Civil Society
Presentation for ‘Neglecting Children and Youth: Democracies at Risk’, a seminar held at The University of Sydney, 5 November 2008. -> Read lecture in PDF format -> The article is published as a book chapter in The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and...
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05
November
2008
Once tesis sobre el mercado y la sociedad civil
JOHN KEANE CENTRE FOR STUDY OF DEMOCRACY (CSD), UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER Y WISSENSCHAFTSZENTRUM BERLIN (WZB) Traducido por Ramón A. Feenstra Resumen El presente artículo constituye una reflexión sobre el concepto de sociedad civil, centrado en el debate sobre la idoneidad de...
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30
August
2008
Civil Society and Ageing
Comments delivered by John Keane at the Conference ‘Aging, Family, Civil Society, Politics’, Dresden, 1st February 2008. Abstract With life expectancy continuing to rise steadily, questions concerning the social and political conditions of the elderly move to the centre of contemporary democratic...
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02
February
2008
John Keane
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Transitions to Democracy
Plenary session addressed by Professor John Keane during the Symposium : "Democracy: Contested Futures" 23 March 2004 at the Centre for Democracy Studies, Oxford Brookes University. The Centre ran a one-day symposium which looked at some the contemporary challenges and issues related...
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23
March
2006
Introduction: Cities and Civil Society
In John Keane (Editor), 2006, Civil Society: Berlin Perspectives, Oxford / New York, Berghahn Books Sanctuaries of Freedom Among the sadly neglected themes within recent research on civil societies is their intimate connection with urban life. Its absence from the literature on...
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18
January
2006
John Keane
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Reflexions o Imperio e a Transicion A Democracia
Lecture prepared for the II Encontros de Mondariz Balneario - Organized by Fundación Carlos Casares . Second Session - Tuesday 21st September 2004 The text of this lecture is in Spanish. O profesor John Keane é Catedrático de Teoría Política da Universidade de...
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21
September
2004
Can Civil Societies Become More Civil?
A Place for All? Comparing Civil Societies in Scotland and Northern Ireland , Wednesday 8th September 2004 Some months ago, atop a red double-decker bus near my home in north London, I overheard a mother reprimand her young teenage son, who...
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08
September
2004
Reflections on the Transition to Democracy
Draft lecture prepared for the 9th Open Society Forum, Democracy in Europe, in America, in the World, 23 April 2004, Tallinn, Estonia. Systematic reflection on the transitions to democracy - on the problem of how democratic institutions can be built and...
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23
April
2004
Über die Einbettung des Marktes in die globale Zivilgesellschaft
Translated by Philipp Schwertmann for the 2004 Yearbook of the University of Goettingen "Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft" • Zivilgesellschaftlicher Purismus Welche Kräfte treiben heute die Globalisierung der Zivilgesellschaft voran? Viele Aktivisten und einige ihrer intellektuellen Unterstützer lassen keine Zweifel an der richtigen Antwort:...
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07
March
2004