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Objectives
Citizenship, civil society and rule of law have been linked historically as pillars of the “constitutional state” and, more recently, as bases for “good governance” and as remedies for ills as diverse as social and economic inequality, terrorism, fundamentalism, anti-social behaviour and the crisis of representation. But citizenship, civil society and rule of law mean different things to different people and the relation between them is also far from obvious. Neither is it clear what if anything they offer – separately or together – to the contemporary world. CISRUL brings together scholars from across the social sciences and humanities and with expertise in most areas of the world to do the following:

•consider the meanings of citizenship, civil society and rule of law in particular contexts
•re-examine the links between citizenship, civil society and rule of law in those contexts
•identify the limits of citizenship, civil society and rule of law, especially in contexts of marginality and violence.

READINGS FOR PHD SUMMER SCHOOL 'WHAT CIVIL? WHAT SOCIETY?'

Jeffrey Alexander chapter of Civil Sphere.pdf

(other readings will be uploaded soon)

 

READINGS FOR PREVIOUS EVENTS

Elizabeth Anderson Egalitarianism.pdf

Bryan Turner Erosion of Citizenship.pdf

O'Donnell (Un)Rule of Law.pdf

Partha Chatterjee Populations and Political Society.pdf

Chris Armstrong Rethinking Equality.pdf

Bryan Turner review Civility Civil Sphere and Citizenship.pdf

Jeffrey Alexander reply to Turner review.pdf
 

Thomas Carothers Rule of Law Revival.pdf

 

Brian Tamanaha Three Themes.pdf

Mattei and Nader Beyond an Illegal Rule of Law.pdf

 

Trevor Stack A Just Rule of Law?  

 

Somers and Roberts Toward a New Sociology of Rights.pdf 

Please join the Collaborative bibliography on Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law on CiteULike and add references to your own and others' work on the relation between citizenship, civil society and rule of law (as well as with democracy, human rights and other ideals).