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Democracy’s cultural codes revealed: a new lens for understanding civil society.
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The Civil Sphere
a concise introduction
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136 pages
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4 December 2025
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Summary
Decoding Democracy: A Guide to Civil Sphere Theory
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Civil Sphere Theory (CST). It reconstructs the development and key features of this theory, explaining why it presents an original and compelling perspective on civil society.
The book reveals how the various components of CST create an illuminating framework for understanding the complexities, ambiguities, and tensions within modern democratic societies…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509560561 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509560564 |
| Author: | Peter Kivisto, Giuseppe Sciortino |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 136 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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About The Author
Peter Kivisto
Peter Kivisto is the Richard Swanson Professor of Social Thought Emeritus at Augustana College.
Giuseppe Sciortino is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy.
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