At the moment no other city attracts so much fascination as the city of berlin which symbolizes modern urban life like hardly any other place in the course of the past two centuries its inhabitants have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society several times over from which it recently re emerged with renewed vitality. At the moment no other european city attracts so much fascination as the city of berlin an unrivalled symbol of modern urban life berlin is a dynamic city whose inhabitants in the course of the past two centuries have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society several times over. Book description at the moment no other european city attracts so much fascination as the city of berlin an unrivalled symbol of modern urban life berlin is a dynamic city whose inhabitants in the course of the past two centuries have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society several times over. Get this from a library civil society berlin perspectives john h keane due to the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society berlin re emerged with renewed vitality this volume presents a sample of essays on contemporary civil . Series european civil society v 2 european civil society v 2 a700427 contents introduction cities and civil society john keane civil society in historical perspective jurgen kocka corporate responsibility and historical injustice susanne sophia spiliotis the faces of social inequality paul nolte civil society desperate wishful thinking