Community and Tradition

George W. Carey is professor of government at Georgetown University and editor of The Political Science Reviewer.Bruce Frohnen teaches political science at Catholic University of America, and is the author of The New Communitarians and the Crisis of Modern Liberalism and Virtue and The Promise of Conservatism: The Legacy of Burke and Tocqueville.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Contemporary Communitarianism, the Lure of the State, and the Modern Quest for CommunityChapter 3 American CommunityChapter 4 The Constitution and CommunityChapter 5 Mr. Emerson’s TombstoneChapter 6 Charles Taylor on Multiculturalism and the Politics of RecognitionChapter 7 On the Extent of Community: Civil Society, Civil Religion, and the StateChapter 8 Is William Galston Really a Liberal?Chapter 9 Commitment and ObligationChapter 10 NotesChapter 11 Index

This is a valuable and timely book. While a collaboration by eight writers, the volume holds together in both theme and style. The editors. . . . have asked the right questions. . . . The answers provided give splended insights into modern political theory and cut to the heart of our current national discontents.