The Essential Civil Society Reader
The Classic Essays
1st Edition
Published on 12. July 2000
424 pages
979-8-216-32729-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
979-8-216-32729-5 (9798216327295)
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Persons
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.
Content
Part 1 Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 The Meaning, Origins, and Applications of Civil Society
Part 3 Civil Society Theory
Chapter 4 The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom
Chapter 5 Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation
Chapter 6 The Good Society: We Live Through Our Institutions
Chapter 7 The Demoralization of Society: What's wrong with Civil Society
Chapter 8 Democracy on Trial: The Role of Civil Society in Sustaining Democratic Values
Chapter 9 Communitarianism and the Moral Dimension
Part 10 Community as a Generator of Social Capital
Chapter 11 To Empower People: from State to Civil Society
Chapter 12 Professionalized Services: Disabling Help for Communities and Citizens
Chapter 13 Culture,Incentives, and the Underclass
Chapter 14 The Urban Church: Faith, Outreach and the Inner City Poor
Part 15 Civil Society: Civic Trust, Social Authority
Chapter 16 The Lost City: The Case for Social Authority
Chapter 17 Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
Part 18 Civil Society and the Democratic State
Chapter 19 Democracy's Discontent: The Procedural Republic
Chapter 20 Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse
Chapter 21 The Progressive Assault of Civic Community
Chapter 22 Individualism, Liberalism and Democratic Civic Society
Chapter 23 American Exceptionalism Revisted: The role of Civil Society
Chapter 24 Politics, Morality, and Civility
Chapter 2 The Meaning, Origins, and Applications of Civil Society
Part 3 Civil Society Theory
Chapter 4 The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom
Chapter 5 Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation
Chapter 6 The Good Society: We Live Through Our Institutions
Chapter 7 The Demoralization of Society: What's wrong with Civil Society
Chapter 8 Democracy on Trial: The Role of Civil Society in Sustaining Democratic Values
Chapter 9 Communitarianism and the Moral Dimension
Part 10 Community as a Generator of Social Capital
Chapter 11 To Empower People: from State to Civil Society
Chapter 12 Professionalized Services: Disabling Help for Communities and Citizens
Chapter 13 Culture,Incentives, and the Underclass
Chapter 14 The Urban Church: Faith, Outreach and the Inner City Poor
Part 15 Civil Society: Civic Trust, Social Authority
Chapter 16 The Lost City: The Case for Social Authority
Chapter 17 Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
Part 18 Civil Society and the Democratic State
Chapter 19 Democracy's Discontent: The Procedural Republic
Chapter 20 Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse
Chapter 21 The Progressive Assault of Civic Community
Chapter 22 Individualism, Liberalism and Democratic Civic Society
Chapter 23 American Exceptionalism Revisted: The role of Civil Society
Chapter 24 Politics, Morality, and Civility
