Transformation politics: The debate between Václav Havel and Václav Klaus on the free market and civil society

Studies in East European Thought

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-177

  Pontuso, James F ^a  

^a HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0141459170     PISSN: 09259392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015993401680     Document Type: Review

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57. Michael W. Foley and Bob Edwards, "The Paradox of Civil Society," Journal of Democracy 7.3 (1996), pp. 38-52. For a different view of the possibility of a world-wide transformation see Martin J. Matuštík, Postnational Identity, Guilford Press, New York, 1993, pp. 187-229. For an examination of Havel's view of social responsiblity see Jean Bethke Elshtain, "The Performer of Political Thought: Václav Havel on Freedom and Responsibility," in Ian Shapiro and Judith Wagner DeCew (eds.), Theory and Practice, New York University Press, New York, 1995, pp. 464-482.
58. Michael W. Foley and Bob Edwards, "The Paradox of Civil Society," Journal of Democracy 7.3 (1996), pp. 38-52. For a different view of the possibility of a world-wide transformation see Martin J. Matuštík, Postnational Identity, Guilford Press, New York, 1993, pp. 187-229. For an examination of Havel's view of social responsiblity see Jean Bethke Elshtain, "The Performer of Political Thought: Václav Havel on Freedom and Responsibility," in Ian Shapiro and Judith Wagner DeCew (eds.), Theory and Practice, New York University Press, New York, 1995, pp. 464-482.
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