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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book will be of great value to everyone interested in the critical assessment of a wide array of issues associated with the current civil society debates. * E-Extreme *
The empirical and theoretical studies will be of real value to political theorists and political sociologists working in the area of democratic institutions and social relations. -- Elizabeth Frazer * Political Studies Review *
Table of ContentsChapter 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
