Amitai Etzioni is university professor at George Washington University. He is the author and editor of many influential books, including The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule. He resides in Washington, D.C.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Responsive Communitarian Platform: Rights and ResponsibilitiesPart 3 Part I. Communitarian TheoryChapter 4 Foundations of Communitarian LiberalismChapter 5 Community Properly Understood: A Defense of "Democratic Communitarianism"Chapter 6 The Limits of LibertarianismChapter 7 A Moral Reawakening Without PuritanismChapter 8 The Dangers of Soft DespotismChapter 9 Beyond Teledemocracy: "America on the Line"Chapter 10 Social Justice: A Communitarian PerspectiveChapter 11 A Precarious Balance: Economic Opportunity, Civil Society and Political LibertyPart 12 Part II. Rights and ResponsibilitiesChapter 13 Rights and ResponsibilitiesChapter 14 "Absolute" Rights": Property and PrivacyChapter 15 Permissible Paternalism: In Defense of the Nanny StateChapter 16 Finding a Place for Community in the First AmendmentChapter 17 AIDS Prevention vs. Cultural SensitivityChapter 18 A Gangsta's RightsPart 19 Part III. Communitarian PolicyChapter 20 A Liberal-Democratic Case for the Two-Parent FamilyChapter 21 Residential Community Associations: Community or Disunity?Chapter 22 When Redistribution and Economic Growth FailChapter 23 What Makes a Good Urban Park?Chapter 24 The Loss of Public SpaceChapter 25 Rebuilding Urban CommunitiesChapter 26 The Libertarian Conundrum: Why the Market Does Not Safeguard Civil RightsChapter 27 Drug Abuse Control Policy: Liberatarian, Authoritarian, Liberal, and Communitarian PerspectivesChapter 28 Inner-City Crime: What the Federal Government Should DoChapter 29 A Mandate For Liberty: Requiring Education-Based Community ServiceChapter 30 Social Science Finds: "Marriage Matters"Chapter 31 Part IV. The Community of CommunitiesChapter 32 Democracy and the Politics of DifferenceChapter 33 Pluralism vs. Particularism in American EducationChapter 34 Immigration and Political Community in the United StatesChapter 35 Who Killed Modern Manners?Chapter 36 Index

For a movement that is only a few years old, the communitarians are bursting with ideas for rebuilding what they see as the pillars of society—the family, the school, and the community.

Amitai Etzioni is university professor at George Washington University. He is the author and editor of many influential books, including The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule. He resides in Washington, D.C.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Responsive Communitarian Platform: Rights and ResponsibilitiesPart 3 Part I. Communitarian TheoryChapter 4 Foundations of Communitarian LiberalismChapter 5 Community Properly Understood: A Defense of "Democratic Communitarianism"Chapter 6 The Limits of LibertarianismChapter 7 A Moral Reawakening Without PuritanismChapter 8 The Dangers of Soft DespotismChapter 9 Beyond Teledemocracy: "America on the Line"Chapter 10 Social Justice: A Communitarian PerspectiveChapter 11 A Precarious Balance: Economic Opportunity, Civil Society and Political LibertyPart 12 Part II. Rights and ResponsibilitiesChapter 13 Rights and ResponsibilitiesChapter 14 "Absolute" Rights": Property and PrivacyChapter 15 Permissible Paternalism: In Defense of the Nanny StateChapter 16 Finding a Place for Community in the First AmendmentChapter 17 AIDS Prevention vs. Cultural SensitivityChapter 18 A Gangsta's RightsPart 19 Part III. Communitarian PolicyChapter 20 A Liberal-Democratic Case for the Two-Parent FamilyChapter 21 Residential Community Associations: Community or Disunity?Chapter 22 When Redistribution and Economic Growth FailChapter 23 What Makes a Good Urban Park?Chapter 24 The Loss of Public SpaceChapter 25 Rebuilding Urban CommunitiesChapter 26 The Libertarian Conundrum: Why the Market Does Not Safeguard Civil RightsChapter 27 Drug Abuse Control Policy: Liberatarian, Authoritarian, Liberal, and Communitarian PerspectivesChapter 28 Inner-City Crime: What the Federal Government Should DoChapter 29 A Mandate For Liberty: Requiring Education-Based Community ServiceChapter 30 Social Science Finds: "Marriage Matters"Chapter 31 Part IV. The Community of CommunitiesChapter 32 Democracy and the Politics of DifferenceChapter 33 Pluralism vs. Particularism in American EducationChapter 34 Immigration and Political Community in the United StatesChapter 35 Who Killed Modern Manners?Chapter 36 Index

For a movement that is only a few years old, the communitarians are bursting with ideas for rebuilding what they see as the pillars of society—the family, the school, and the community.

Amitai Etzioni is university professor at George Washington University. He is the author and editor of many influential books, including The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule. He resides in Washington, D.C.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Responsive Communitarian Platform: Rights and ResponsibilitiesPart 3 Part I. Communitarian TheoryChapter 4 Foundations of Communitarian LiberalismChapter 5 Community Properly Understood: A Defense of "Democratic Communitarianism"Chapter 6 The Limits of LibertarianismChapter 7 A Moral Reawakening Without PuritanismChapter 8 The Dangers of Soft DespotismChapter 9 Beyond Teledemocracy: "America on the Line"Chapter 10 Social Justice: A Communitarian PerspectiveChapter 11 A Precarious Balance: Economic Opportunity, Civil Society and Political LibertyPart 12 Part II. Rights and ResponsibilitiesChapter 13 Rights and ResponsibilitiesChapter 14 "Absolute" Rights": Property and PrivacyChapter 15 Permissible Paternalism: In Defense of the Nanny StateChapter 16 Finding a Place for Community in the First AmendmentChapter 17 AIDS Prevention vs. Cultural SensitivityChapter 18 A Gangsta's RightsPart 19 Part III. Communitarian PolicyChapter 20 A Liberal-Democratic Case for the Two-Parent FamilyChapter 21 Residential Community Associations: Community or Disunity?Chapter 22 When Redistribution and Economic Growth FailChapter 23 What Makes a Good Urban Park?Chapter 24 The Loss of Public SpaceChapter 25 Rebuilding Urban CommunitiesChapter 26 The Libertarian Conundrum: Why the Market Does Not Safeguard Civil RightsChapter 27 Drug Abuse Control Policy: Liberatarian, Authoritarian, Liberal, and Communitarian PerspectivesChapter 28 Inner-City Crime: What the Federal Government Should DoChapter 29 A Mandate For Liberty: Requiring Education-Based Community ServiceChapter 30 Social Science Finds: "Marriage Matters"Chapter 31 Part IV. The Community of CommunitiesChapter 32 Democracy and the Politics of DifferenceChapter 33 Pluralism vs. Particularism in American EducationChapter 34 Immigration and Political Community in the United StatesChapter 35 Who Killed Modern Manners?Chapter 36 Index

For a movement that is only a few years old, the communitarians are bursting with ideas for rebuilding what they see as the pillars of society—the family, the school, and the community.