Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal

Edited by Robert K. Fullinwider

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 13 May 1999

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ISBN: 0847693562 ISBN 13: 9780847693566

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Civil society is receiving renewed attention from academics, politicians, journalists, community leaders, and participants in the voluntary sector. Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal brings together several of AmericaOs leading scholars_of history, sociology, political science, and philosophy_to explore the meaning of civil society, its positive and negative effects, its relation to government, and its contribution to democracy. The chapters range widely, taking up the connection between social trust and civic renewal, the role of citizen councils in environmental decisionmaking, the growth of self-help groups and their impact on community, historical patterns of civic activity by women and African Americans, and the place of expertise in public deliberation on scientific and medical issues. By examining the many disparate views of the civil society debate, this important volume will contribute to the process of civic renewal. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

City: Lanham, MD

Pages: 448

More info: height 227 mm width 170 mm weight 576 gr thickness 24 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC21) 301.0973 Library of Congress Subject: Political participation - United States

Record updated at: 14 December, 2012 time: 01:53

Summary Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Civil Society-Idea and Actuality Chapter 3 Clansmen, Consumers, and Citizens: Three Takes on Civil Society Chapter 4 Making Civil Society Work: Democracy as a Problem of Civic Cooperation Chapter 5 American Civil Society Talk Part 6 Part II: Government and Civil Society Chapter 7 Is There Life Beyond the Great National Community? Chapter 8 Civic Infrastructure in America: The Interrelationship Between Government and Voluntary Associations Chapter 9 The View from Quincy Library: Civic Engagement in Environmental Problem-Solving Chapter 10 An Historical Model of Women's Voluntarism and the State, 1890-1920 Part 11 Part III: Trust and Civic Virtue Chapter 12 The Role of Trust in Civic Renewal Chapter 13 Self-Help Groups, Community, and Civil Society Chapter 14 The Moral Uses of Pluralism Chapter 15 Civil Enough: Toward a Liberal Theory of Vice (and Virtue) Part 16 Part IV: Religion and Race Chapter 17 Religion, Philanthropy, and Political Culture Chapter 18 Will the Circle Be Unbroken? The Erosion and Transformation of African American Civic Life Part 19 Part V: Public Deliberation Chapter 20 Beyond the Public Journalism Controversy Chapter 21 The Changing Role of Expertise in Public Deliberation Part 22 Part VI: International Civil Society Chapter 23 Civil Society and Transitional Justice Chapter 24 Democracy and Uncivil Societies: A Critique of Civil Society Determinism Top page

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