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Deliberative Democracy and Civil Society — An Expansion of Jürgen Habermas’s Understanding of Civil Society

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Civil society has, with renewed vigour, announced its comeback within recent sociological and political theory. After some years in the shadows, civil society has come out of the mothballs, been dusted down and wheeled to the front of the theoretical stage. The hope is that the pressing need of modern society for democratisation can once again find its impetus in this sphere.

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Ulrich, J. (2004). Deliberative Democracy and Civil Society — An Expansion of Jürgen Habermas’s Understanding of Civil Society. In: Andersen, J., Siim, B. (eds) The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403990013_4

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