02722nam 2200505 450 991079299990332120230126215149.090-04-34733-X10.1163/9789004347335(CKB)3710000001362935(MiAaPQ)EBC4865466(OCoLC)985447644(nllekb)BRILL9789004347335(EXLCZ)99371000000136293520170502d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIdentifying a free society conditions and indicators /by Milan ZafirovskiBoston :Brill,[2017]1 online resource (474 pages) illustrations, tablesStudies in critical social sciences ;10790-04-34296-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Modern Free Society -- The Political Condition and Indicator of Modern Free Society—Democracy -- Sources and Grounds for Democracy Estimates -- The Economic Condition and Indicator of Modern Free Society—A Free Economy -- Sources and Grounds for Free Economy Estimates -- The Cultural Condition and Indicator of Modern Free Society—A Free Culture -- Sources and Grounds for Free Culture Estimates -- The Civic Condition and Indicator of Modern Free Society—A Free Civil Society -- Sources and Grounds for Free Civil Society Estimates -- Summary and Conclusion.In Identifying a Free Society Milan Zafirovski offers a holistic sociological approach to modern free society as a total social system. The book examines the main conditions and indicators of modern free society such as democracy, a free economy, a free culture, and a free civil society, hence political, economic, cultural, and individual liberty entwined with equality and justice. It provides specific and aggregate free-society estimates for Western and related societies based on a variety of objective rankings, data, and reports. On the basis of these estimates, the book identifies liberal societies as the freest as a whole, and their anti-liberal opposites as the most unfree.Studies in Critical Social Sciences107.Social history21st centuryLiberalismCultureDemocracySocial historyLiberalism.Culture.Democracy.306Zafirovski Milan1958-504813NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910792999903321Identifying a free society3866457UNINA