This book explores the past, present and future of democratic values and practice, focussing on conceptions of democracy that reconcile radical plurality with democratic practices, presenting examples and perspectives framed by 'globality', rather than an East/West binary.

1. Introduction Terrell Carver & Jens Bartelson Part 1 Engaging the Issues in Theory 2. Civil Society and Class: Centrality and Occlusion in Discourse and Practice Terrell Carver 3. The East/West Perspective and Civil Society: Making Visible Similarities and Differences Terrell Carver, Shin Chiba, Reiji Matsumoto, James Martin, Bob Jessop, Fumio Iida and Atsushi Sugita 4. A Historical Reappraisal of Civil Society Discourse in Postwar Japan Reiji Matsumoto 5. The 'Postwar Enlightenment' Project: Masao Maruyama and Liberal Civil Society Fumio Iida 6. 'Mass Society' and 'Civil Society' in Postwar Japan Ryusaku Yamada 7. Challenging Democratic Governance: The Impact of Globalization on the Territorial and Temperal Sovereignty of the State and the Capacities of Civil Society Bob Jesssop 8. Civil Society, Democratic Values and Human Rights Chantal Mouffe 9. Democracy in the 21st Century: Global Questions John Keane Part 2 Engaging the Issue in Practics 10. Democracy, Civil Society and Women's Public Personae: Turkish Women in Muslim Headscarves Hakan Seckinelgin 11. Civil Society between Europe and Asia: Postcommunist Russian Democracy Oleg Kharkhordin 12. Civil Society in Japan: Peace Movements and the Post-War Japanese Constitution Shin Chiba 13. Citizens at Play: Space and the Politics of Civil Society James Martin