The Revival of Civil Society: Global and Comparative Perspectives

List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Civil Society and Globalization: The Investigation of Contested Concepts; M.G.Schechter PART ONE: THE MULTIPLE AND EVOLVING MEANINGS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBALIZATION Civil Society and the Idea of a Commercial Republic; L.D.Hunt Global Civil Society and Theories of International Political Economy; J.Zoninsein Globalization and Civil Society; M.G.Schechter PART TWO: GLOBALIZATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY: GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES Globalization and Transnational Underground Economic Activities: Consequences for States and Civil Societies; O.C.Iheduru Globalization and Civil Society in Hungary and the Czech Republic; N.A.Graham Civil Society, the State and Caribbean Political Culture: Trinidad and Guyana; F.Lindahl Civil Society and the Regional Labyrinth in Central America; A.Morales-Gamboa Between the Global and the Local: Community Economies in Central America; J.P.P.Sainz PART THREE: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD Promoting Civil Society: Reflections on Concepts and Practice; K.Stanton Index