änderndes Beziehungsgefüge zwischen Staat und Gesellschaft hindeuten. Sie untersuchen dabei (a) neue Partizipations- und …This report approaches the question of whether a civil society is emerging in China. It examines several political and … between state and society. The authors of this report analyse (a) new participatory and social security arrangements in China …

the image of the “honourable merchant” during the industrial world of the 19th century. Using a historicized concept of … civil society, the normative preferences of historical actors will be worked into the definition of civil society. By … reflecting upon the historic semantics of civil society, the subjective dimension of civil society and the related ‘symbolic …