Selected Reviews
and Symposia

2021

Inglis, David. 2021. "Book Review: Populism in the Civil Sphere." European Journal of Social Theory. doi: 10.1177/13684310211037193.

Qvist, Hans-Peter Y. 2021. "Review of ‘The Nordic Civil Sphere’." Acta Sociologica 64(1).

“Radicalism and the Civil Sphere: ​A Symposium on Breaching the Civil Order.” Fall 2021. http://www.asatheory.org/current-newsletter-online/civil-sphere-theory-review

Turner, Bryan S. 2021. "Book Review: Populism in the Civil Sphere." Journal of Classical Sociology 21(3-4):357-60.

2020

Guzmán-Concha, César. 2020. "The Civil Sphere in Latin America." Contemporary Sociology 49(3):233-35. 

“Symposium: A Tale of Two Civil Spheres.” Spring 2020. Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Vol 32. Issue 1. https://asaculturesection.org/2020/04/21/symposium-a-tale-of-two-civil-spheres/

Xu, Bin. 2020. "The Civil Sphere in East Asia." Contemporary Sociology 49(4):343-45.

2019

Koppelman, Carter M. 2019. "The Civil Sphere in Latin America." The British Journal of Sociology 70(4):1628-3.

2010

Jaspers, James. 2010. “A Sociology of Liberal Democracy?” Sociological Forum 25(3): 621–630.

2009

Allen, Michael. 2009. “Review of Jeffrey C. Alexander’s The Civil Sphere.” Social Forces 88(2): 984–985.

Hess, Andreas. 2009. "Review Essay: The Glass Half-Full? An Attempt to Contextualize Jeffrey C. Alexander's the Civil Sphere." Thesis Eleven 96(1):135-43.

Jones, Paul. 2009. "Book Review: Jeffrey Alexander, the Civil Sphere. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006; Nick Couldry, Sonia Livingstone and Tim Markham, Media Consumption and Public Engagement: Beyond the Presumption of Attention. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007." Media, Culture & Society 31(5):858-62.

Klinger, Cornelia. 2009. "Civil Society—What and How." International Sociology 24(2):268-72.

Sato, Yoshimichi. 2009. "Civil Society—What and How." International Sociology 24(2):262-67.

Trondman, Mats. 2009. "Book Review: Jeffrey C. Alexander, The Civil Sphere Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, Acta Sociologica 52(2):190-91.

2008

Alexander, Jeffrey C. 2008. "Civil Sphere, State, and Citizenship: Replying to Turner and the Fear of Enclavement." Citizenship Studies 12(2):185-94.

Cooke, Maeve. 2008. “Civil Society: An Incomplete(able) Project.” Philosophy & Social Criticism 34(9): 1095–1102.

Emirbayer, Mustafa. 2008. “Review of Jeffrey C. Alexander’s The Civil Sphere.” American Journal of Sociology 113(5): 1464–1468.

Turner, Bryan S. 2008. "Civility, Civil Sphere and Citizenship: Solidarity Versus the Enclave Society." Citizenship Studies 12(2):177-84.

2007

Alexander, Jeffrey C. 2007. "On the Interpretation of the Civil Sphere: Understanding and Contention in Contemporary Social Science." The Sociological Quarterly 48(4):641-59.

Alexander, Jeffrey C. 2007. "Keeping Faith with Civil Sphere and My Critics." Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought 30(1):10-15.

Antonio, Robert J. 2007. “Locating The Civil Sphere.” The Sociological Quarterly 48(4): 601–613.

Friedland, Lewis A. 2007. "The Civil Sphere - by Jeffrey C. Alexander." Journal of Communication 57(3):604-06.

Kivisto, Peter. 2007. "Review Essay: In Search of the Social Space for Solidarity and Justice.” Thesis Eleven 91(1):110-27.

Kivisto, Peter. 2007. "Comment on Jeffrey C. Alexander, The Civil Sphere." Perspectives. Newsletter of the ASA Theory Section 30(1): 5-7.

Kumar, Krishan. 2007. “Review of Jeffrey C. Alexander’s The Civil Sphere.” Contemporary Sociology 36(6): 590–591.

Morris, Aldon. 2007. “Naked Power and The Civil Sphere.” The Sociological Quarterly 48(4): 615–628.

Roudometof, Victor. 2007. “Review of The Civil Sphere.” Mediterranean Quarterly 18(2): 145-148

Sciortino, Giuseppe. 2007. "Review Essay: Bringing Solidarity Back In.” European Journal of Social Theory 10(4):561-70.

Wolfe, Alan. 2007. “Social Skills.” The New Republic, April 23: 56–61.