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Civil Society in British History
Ideas, Identities, Institutions
Edited by Jose Harris
332 pages
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233x153mm
978-0-19-926020-1
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Hardback
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20 November 2003
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- An important contribution to debates over the role of the state in society
This book explores the many different strands in the language of civil society from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a series of case-studies it investigates the applicability of the term to a wide range of historical settings. These include 'state interference', voluntary associations, economic decision-making, social and economic planning, the 'bourgeois public sphere', civil society in wartime, the 'inclusion' and 'exclusion' of women, and relations between the state, the voluntary sector, and individual citizens. The contributors suggest that the
sharp distinction between civil society and the state, common in much continental thought, was of only limited application in a British context. They show how past understandings of the term were often very different from (even in some respects the exact opposite of) those held today, arguing that it makes more sense to understand civil society as a phenomenon that varies between differenc cultures and periods, rather than a universally applicable set of principles and procedures.Readership: Scholars and students of modern British history and politics; especially intellectual historians; scholars interested in theories of the state.
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Edited by Jose Harris, Professor of Modern History, St Catherine's College, Oxford Contributors:
Jose Harris
Joanna Innes
Kathryn Gleadle
Brian Harrison
Lawrence Goldman
Philip Waller
Raphael Schapiro
Nicholas Owen
Adrian Gregory
John Stevenson
Senia Paseta
Matthew Grimley
John Davis
Michael Freeden
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"Two cheers, then, for an interesting collection of studies that demonstrates the range and fascination involved in the study of civil society." - Michael Bentley, The English Historical Review "...required reading...The question of how the individual engages with the state...remains a fertile one, enriched here by a mix of periods, cultures, and approaches. This pluralism is an enlightened, active example of 'civil society', and we are indebted to the voluntary association of the contributors. English Historical Review"
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Introduction : Civil Society in British History: Paradigm or Peculiarity?
1: Jose Harris: From Richard Hooker to Harold Laski: Changing Perceptions of Civil Society in British Political Thought
2: Joanna Innes: Central Government 'Interference': Changing Conceptions, Powers and Concerns, c.1700-1850
3: Kathryn Gleadle: 'Opinions Deliver'd in Conversation': Conversation, Politics, and Gender in the Late Eighteenth Century
4: Brian Harrison: Civil Society by Accident? Paradoxes of Voluntarism and Pluralism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
5: Lawrence Goldman: Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Germany: L. J. M. Ludlow, Lujo Brentano, and the Labour Question
6: Philip Waller: Altercation over Civil Society: The Bitter Cry of the Edwardian Middle Classes
7: Raphael Schapiro: Public or Private Ownership? The Dilemma of Urban Utilities in London and New York 1870-1914
8: Nicholas Owen: British Progressives and Civil Society in India 1905-1914
9: Adrian Gregory: Military Service Tribunals: Civil Society in Action 1916-1918
10: John Stevenson: The Countryside, Planning, and Civil Society 1926-1947
11: Senia Paseta: Women and Civil Society: Feminist Responses to the Irish Constitution of 1937
12: Matthew Grimley: Civil Society and the Clerisy: Christian Elites and National Culture c.1930-1950
13: John Davis: 'Simple Solutions to Complex Problems': The Greater London Council and the Greater London Development Plan 1965-1973
14: Michael Freeden: Civil Society and the Good Citizen: Competing Conceptions of Citizenship in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Index
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