Global Civil Society?

John Keane sets out the contradictory arguments about globalisation at a time marked by fears of terrorism, a rise in xenophobia and public protest. The book weighs those arguments and traces where globalisation came from, what it now means and what political potential it holds.

Keane defends the idea of a global civil society. He argues that it calls for new democratic ways of living, and he ties the idea to turbocapitalism, to social movements and to political institutions.

Readers of political theory, globalisation and civil society will find the argument directly relevant to their interests.

Edition note: published by Cambridge University Press. ISBN-13: 9780521894623.