Markets and Civil Society: The European Experience in Comparative Perspective - Hardback

The nature of the currently emerging European society, which includes the economic and social transformation of Eastern and Central European countries, has been hotly debated. At its center is the relationship between markets and civil society within political and social contexts. The contributors to this volume offer perspectives from various disciplines (the social sciences, conceptual history, law, economics) and from several European countries in order to explore the ways in which markets influence various forms of civil society, such as individual freedom, social cohesion, economic effectiveness and democratic governance, and influence the construction of a civil society in a broader sense.

• | Author: Victor Pérez-Díaz
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 278 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1845456076
• | ISBN-13: 9781845456078