The attempt in 2004 to draft an interim constitution in Iraq and the effort to enact a permanent one in 2005 were unintended outcomes of the American occupation, which first sought to impose a constitution by its agents. This two-stage constitution-making paradigm, implemented in a wholly unplanned [...]
In this major contribution to contemporary political theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato argue that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become a primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.[...]
Under senare år har »det civila samhället» blivit ett nyckelord i all kritik av totalitär maktutövning. Ändå har det en märkvärdigt ambivalent status. För vissa är det bara en beteckning på något som västvärlden redan besitter och saknar varje kritisk potential vad gäller orättviso[...]