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.
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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. (Blankenhorn, David )
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 )
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. )
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 )
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. )
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If you're like me, "classical" indicates the founding thinkers and documents--the stuff that the rest is built upon. In that sense, this book of readings does NOT contain the classic essays in civil society. The "classic" essays concerning the idea of civil society ought to at least go back to Locke, Smith, Rousseau, Hegel, and Tocqueville. The reader of this book will find none of that here. Almost everybody in the book is still living. Not that death is a necessary condition of being classic, but it's hard to imagine someone still alive who responded to or debated with Tocqueville. This book is a fair overview of some of the more important *contemporary* thinkers, such as Robert Nisbet, Robert Bellah, and Daniel Bell.
Of course my fault was in not looking over the table of contents before ordering the book. But who would have thought that "buyer beware" would be important in purchasing a book on civil society?
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