Civic Discourse, Civil Society, and Chinese Communities
Subtitle: (Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium)
Contributors: Randy Kluver (Editor); John H. Powers (Editor)
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: November 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781567504422
Subjects: Communication Studies; Discourse analysis; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Communication; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Sociology; China; Ethnic Studies - General; General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; Civil society; Sociology - General; 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).