Building a Community of Citizens: Civil Society in the 21st CenturyDon E. Eberly This book explores the condition of American civil society, evaluates the forces--political, social, demographic, and global--that are operating upon it, and provides critical thinking on how to strengthen it in the decades ahead. Drawing from some of the country's leading thinkers, it looks candidly at the stress fractures on American society-- issues such as the underclass, gender, family, and religion, and concludes with five philosophical perspectives: libertarian, populist, communitarian, traditionalist, and the political and cultural center. |
Contents
IV | 3 |
V | 11 |
VI | 29 |
VII | 39 |
IX | 57 |
X | 83 |
XI | 95 |
XII | 107 |
XVIII | 191 |
XIX | 211 |
XX | 241 |
XXI | 251 |
XXII | 271 |
XXIII | 293 |
XXIV | 305 |
XXV | 319 |
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Building a Community of Citizens: Civil Society in the 21st Century Don E. Eberly No preview available - 1994 |
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