Title: From statism to pluralism : democracy, civil society, and global politics /
Authors: Hirst, Paul Q.
Publisher: UCL Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Democracy; Civil society.; Post-communism
Contents: Part I. Democracy and associative governance. Associative democracy -- Associational democracy -- From statism to pluralism -- Democracy : socialism's best reply to the right? -- Part II. Democracy and civil society -- Quangos and democratic government -- Democracy and civil society -- Can the conservatives reinvent civil society? -- Sidestepping the state -- Part III. Global pressures and democratic governance -- The state, civil society and the collapse of Soviet communism -- Security challenges in postcommunist Europe -- Endism -- Francis Fukuyama -- The myth of globalization -- The international origins of national sovereignty -- Why the national still matters.