Essential Civil Society Reader

The Classic Essays

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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There is a growing anxiety about the basic health of society. Everywhere we see the fraying of the social fabric, the decline of families, the absence of consensus on unifying moral principles, and the disappearance of community and voluntary associations. Around the world, politicians and intellectuals of all political persuasions seek to restore civil society by cultivating stronger public ethics and social institutions. In The Essential Civil Society Reader Don Eberly, one of the nation's leading civil society theorists and activists, presents the classic writings of the leading scholars and organizers who have brought the civil society debate to the forefront of American politics. The future of democracy depends on a strong civil society, and this book tells readers how we can achieve it.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-07-05
Mått163 x 227 x 31 mm
Vikt617 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor424
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847697199

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Don E. Eberly is the director of the Civil Society Project, a national initiative advancing ideas to strengthen America's social institutions and community life. He is the editor of many books, including The Content of America's Character: The Recovery of Civic Virtue. Eberly is an affiliate scholar at the Institute for American Values, and founder of the National Fatherhood Initiative. He lives in Lancaster, PA.

Part 1 Introduction and OverviewChapter 2 The Meaning, Origins, and Applications of Civil SocietyPart 3 Civil Society TheoryChapter 4 The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and FreedomChapter 5 Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral ObligationChapter 6 The Good Society: We Live Through Our InstitutionsChapter 7 The Demoralization of Society: What's wrong with Civil SocietyChapter 8 Democracy on Trial: The Role of Civil Society in Sustaining Democratic ValuesChapter 9 Communitarianism and the Moral DimensionPart 10 Community as a Generator of Social CapitalChapter 11 To Empower People: from State to Civil SocietyChapter 12 Professionalized Services: Disabling Help for Communities and CitizensChapter 13 Culture,Incentives, and the UnderclassChapter 14 The Urban Church: Faith, Outreach and the Inner City PoorPart 15 Civil Society: Civic Trust, Social AuthorityChapter 16 The Lost City: The Case for Social AuthorityChapter 17 Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of ProsperityPart 18 Civil Society and the Democratic StateChapter 19 Democracy's Discontent: The Procedural RepublicChapter 20 Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political DiscourseChapter 21 The Progressive Assault of Civic CommunityChapter 22 Individualism, Liberalism and Democratic Civic SocietyChapter 23 American Exceptionalism Revisted: The role of Civil SocietyChapter 24 Politics, Morality, and Civility

The revival of scholarly and public policy interest in the 'institutions of civil society' is one of the more encouraging intellectual and social movements of the past decade. Still, much work needs to be done to clarify the normative tasks and limits of these institutions and to try to explain how they should properly relate to government, individual citizens, the market, and to each other. This collection of essays helps set the stage for the next round in the "civil society debate.