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The Time of the Tribes: The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society
In this provocative book, Michel Maffesoli explores the persistence and the centrality of an affective, solidary space of sociality that emerges from the small-group contexts of everyday life … with fruitful questions for those studying civil society, community or “new … Continue reading
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Civil society – A multi-layered concept
The author analyses the connections between social developments and the evolution of the theory of civil society (CS) (classical background, semantic shifts, re-emergence and open questions regarding future research). He distinguishes four layers of meanings of CS but focuses on … Continue reading
Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks – A framework about Societal Evolution
What forms account for the organization of societies? How have people organized their societies across the ages? The answer may be reduced to four basic forms of organization: the kinship-based tribe, as denoted by the structure of extended families, clans, … Continue reading
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Global Governance Through Transnational Network Organizations – Civil Society Self-Organization
Read When the topic of global governance or post-national governance arises, it generally does so in the context of the co-operation between nation states, international agreements and the role of international organizations. As opposed to this, global governance through the … Continue reading
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