The Limits Of Social Cohesion: Conflict And Mediation In Pluralist Societies

* Preface Werner Weidenfeld. * Preface Ricardo Dez-Hochleitner. * Introduction Volker Then. * The American Culture War James Davison Hunter. * The Past in the Present: Redefining Lacit in Multicultural France Danile Hervieu-Lger. * Normative Conflicts in Germany: Basic Consensus, Changing Values, and Social Movements Franz-Xaver Kaufmann. * Uncertain Ghosts: Populists and Urbans in Postcommunist Hungary Jnos Mtys Kovcs. * Revolution from the Top and Horizontal Mediation: The Case of Chiles Transition to Democracy Arturo Fontaine Talavera. * South Africa: Normative Conflicts, Social Cohesion, and Mediating Institutions Ann Bernstein. * Some Notes on Normative Conflicts in Turkey Serif Mardin. * Islamic Tolerance: The Struggle for a Pluralist Ethics in Contemporary Indonesia Robert W. Hefner. * The Conflict of Norms and Values in Contemporary Indian Society Andr Bteille. * Normative Conflicts in Japan Seizaburo Sato. * Normative Conflicts in Contemporary Taiwan Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao. * Conclusion: General Observations on Normative Conflicts and Mediation Peter L. Berger.