The Future of Society

1. The Origins of ‘Society’.

Part I: Critiques of Society.

2. Society and the Individual: Neoliberalism, Social Constructionism and Communitarianism.

3. Postmodernism.

4. Globalisation.

Part II: Reconstructing Society.

5. Modernity and Society.

6. Towards a Synthesis? Theory and Metatheory.

Part III: Implications.

7. Society Lite? Theories of Civil Society.

8. Is There a European Society?.

Postscript: A Defensible Concept of ‘Society’.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index