The family can be viewed as one of the links in a "golden chain" connecting individuals, the private sphere, civil society, and the democratic state; as potentially an important source of energy for social activity; and as the primary institution that socializes and diffuses the values and norms that are of fundamental importance for civil society. Yet much of the literature on civil society pays very little attention to the complex relations between civil society and the family. These two spheres constitute a central element in democratic development and culture and form a counterweight to some of the most distressing aspects of modernity, such as the excessive privatization of home life and the unceasing work-and-spend routines. This volume offers historical perspectives on the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state institutions.
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The Golden Chain
Family, Civil Society and the State
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Table of contents
- The Golden Chain
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- EDITORS’ PREFACE
- PART I: Introduction and Overview
- INTRODUCTION: Jürgen Nautz, Paul Ginsborg and Ton Nijhuis
- Chapter 1: UNCHARTED TERRITORIES
- PART II: Feminist Historical Views
- Chapter 2: GENDERED BOUNDARIES
- Chapter 3: THE FAMILY, CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL POLICY
- Chapter 4: FEMINIST MOBILISATION AND FAMILY CHANGE
- Part III: Family and Society in South and Western Europe
- Chapter 5: Corporate Birthmarks of Civil Society
- Chapter 6: STATE, SOCIETY AND FAMILY CHANGE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPAIN
- Chapter 7: THE FOUNDATION OF CIVILISED SOCIETY
- Chapter 8: CHILDREN AND CIVIL SOCIETY
- PART IV: State and Changing Families in Eastern Europe and the Middle East
- Chapter 9: THE FAILURES OF MODERNITY
- Chapter 10: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE THROUGH FAMILY, CIVIL SOCIETY AND STATE
- Chapter 11: GENDERED BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE STATE, FAMILY AND CIVIL SOCIETY
- Chapter 12: FAMILY STRUCTURES AND CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVES IN PRESENT-DAY SERBIA
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
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