Robin Mann & David Dallimore 
Local Civil Society 
Place, Time and Boundaries

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Drawing on place-based field investigations and new empirical analysis, this original book investigates civil society at local level.
The concept of civil society is contested and multifaceted, and this text offers assessment and clarification of debates concerning the intertwining of civil society, the state and local community relations. Analysing two Welsh villages, the authors examine the importance of identity, connection with place and the impact of social and spatial boundaries on the everyday production of civil society.
Bringing into focus questions of biography and temporality, the book provides an innovative account of continuities and changes within local civil society during social and economic transformation.

Table of Content

Introduction
1. Civil society as a field of local action
2. Community and local civil society: time, continuity and change
3. Uncovering local civil society in two Welsh villages
4. Civil society through the narratives of place and time
5. Civil society and local associational life
6. The entwining of civil society, economy and state at local levels
Conclusion

About the author

Marta Eichsteller is Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in School of Sociology at University College Dublin.