Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-167) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The origins of "society" -- Society and the individual : neo-liberalism, social constructionism and communitarianism -- Postmodernism -- Globalization -- Modernity and society -- Towards a synthesis? : theory and metatheory -- Society lite? : theories of civil society -- Is there a European society? -- Postscript : a defensible concept of "society"
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Going to the heart of contemporary social and political debate, William Outhwaite questions whether society is relevant in the 21st century, or whether it is now obsolete. He concludes that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of theforces which structure our lives