Part I. Theoretical Traditions in the West: 1. The development of civil
society Sunil Khilnani; 2. Concepts of civil society in pre-modern Europe
Anthony Black; 3. The contemporary political significance of John Locke's
conception of civil society John Dunn; 4. Civil society in the Scottish
Enlightenment Fania Oz Salzberger; 5. Enlightenment and the institution of
society Keith Michael Baker; 6. Hegel and the economics of civil society
Gareth Stedman Jones; 7. Civil society in the Marxist tradition Joseph
Femia; Part II. Arguments in the South: 8. Civil society in extra-European
perspective Jack Goody; 9. On civil and political societies in
post-colonial democracies Partha Chatterjee; 10. Civil society and the fate
of the modern Republic in Latin America Luis Castro Leiva and Anthony
Pagden; 11. The western concept of civil society in the context of Chinese
history Thomas Metzger; 12. Civil society, community and democracy in the
Middle East Sami Zubaida; 13. Mistaking 'Governance' for politics: Foreign
aid, civil society and democracy Rob Jenkins; 14. The promise of 'civil
society' in the South Geoffrey Hawthorn; 15. In search of civil society
Sudipta Kaviraj.