AM idea from seemingly dated political theory – the concept of an autonomous “civil society” that prevents the state from dominating social life – has proved very useful in explaining why the new democracies of Eastern Europe remain weak and unstable after the defeat of communism. As Ernest Gellner argued in his last two books, […]

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