The Essential Civil Society Reader: The Classic Essays - Softcover

Eberly, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847697193 ISBN 13: 9780847697199

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

In The Civil Society Reader Don Eberly presents the classic writings of the leading scholars and organizers who have brought the civil society debate to the forefront of American politics.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

Emily Dickinson called poetry the best words in the best order. These essays are the poetry of our national conversation on civil society. If you want an accessible, everything-under-one-roof introduction to our current social condition, you will not find a better book. (David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values and co-chair of the Council on Civil Society)

The revival of scholarly and public policy interest in the 'institutions of civil society' is one of the more encouraging intellectual and social movements of the past decade. Still, much work needs to be done to clarify the normative tasks and limits of these institutions and to try to explain how they should properly relate to government, individual citizens, the market, and to each other. This collection of essays helps set the stage for the next round in the "civil society debate. (Keith J. Pavlischek, Fellow, Center for Public Justice)

Few know more or care more about civil society than Don Eberly, so it's not surprising that he has gathered in this book one of the finest collections of essays available on the subject. You'll agree with some, disagree with others, and learn from them all. (E. J. Dionne Jr., syndicated columnist and editor of Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0847697193
• ISBN 13: 9780847697199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424