Civic Discourse, Civil Society, and Chinese Communities:
Contributors: Randy Kluver (Editor); John H. Powers (Editor)
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: November 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781567504439
Subjects: Communication Studies; Discourse analysis; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Community; Political Anthropology; Social Science; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; China; Ethnic Studies - General; General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; Asia - China; History; Anthropology - General; Civil society; Communication; Political aspects
First sentence: The key purpose of civil society is the provision of alternatives in social, cultural, and economic life to state power (Brook, 1997; He, 1997).