Peter L. Berger

The Limits Of Social Cohesion

Conflict And Mediation In Pluralist Societies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This report is the result of years of cooperation between the Club of Rome and the Bertelsmann Science Foundation. It gives a better understanding of the limits to social cohesion and the increasing role of intermediate institutions or of individual leaders in the mediation of normative conflicts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780813367194
• ISBN-10: 0813367190
• Artikelnr.: 22154723

Autorenporträt

Peter L. Berger is director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture at Boston University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Preface
Introduction
The American Culture War
The Past in the Present: Redefining Laïcité in Multicultural France
Normative Conflicts in Germany: Basic Consensus, Changing Values, and Social Movements
Uncertain Ghosts: Populists and Urbans in Postcommunist Hungary
Revolution from the Top and Horizontal Mediation: The Case of Chile's Transition to Democracy
South Africa: Normative Conflicts, Social Cohesion, and Mediating Institutions
Some Notes on Normative Conflicts in Turkey
Islamic Tolerance: The Struggle for a Pluralist Ethics in Contemporary Indonesia
The Conflict of Norms and Values in Contemporary Indian Society
Normative Conflicts in Japan
Normative Conflicts in Contemporary Taiwan
Conclusion: General Observations on Normative Conflicts and Mediation
Executive Summaries