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Communitarianism is a topic that has achieved the rare status of stimulating both important contributions from academic political theorists and ideas for politicians ... Henry Tam draws on both strands of work to produce a scholarly overview of the subject combined with an agenda for political practice and reform. ... The book is an excellent statement of the communitarian approach to politics and citizenship. -- Times Higher Education Supplement, February 26, 1999
Henry Tam's book is a timely reminder that much of the thinking that has kept conference organisers employed recently is rooted in communitarianism. ... The great strength of Tam's book is that he not only offers a clear conceptual framework for communitarianism ... but also a practical agenda for how theory can be translated into action in schools, workplaces and the voluntary sector. ... His enthusiasm for a co-operative and caring society which still guarantees diversity and personal autonomy is highly seductive. -- Citizen, Autumn 1998
Henry Tam's book is to be welcomed on several counts ... He provides a readable, thoughtful and exhaustive exposition of what communitarianism actually is. ... The value of this book is in putting forward genuinely innovative ideas and contributing generously to the debate on different ways of doing things in politics and administration.(Teaching Public Administration, Autumn 1998 (Vol XVIII, No.2)) -- Teaching Public Administration, Autumn 1998 (Vol XVIII, No.2)
Though often associated with sociologist, Amitai Etzioni's assessment of contemporary market society, Tam shows that communitarianism is rooted in an older, larger set of problems in political theory: finding a means of organising authority in liberal-democratic societies without relying on either rights-based doctrines that leave the individual alone and insecure or authoritarian methods that submerge liberty to the 'needs' of the larger polity. The text is ambitious in scope, fair-minded, and well-written. -- Choice, January 1999 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Henry Tam's book is a timely reminder that much of the thinking that has kept conference organisers employed recently is rooted in communitarianism. ... The great strength of Tam's book is that he not only offers a clear conceptual framework for communitarianism ... but also a practical agenda for how theory can be translated into action in schools, workplaces and the voluntary sector. ... His enthusiasm for a co-operative and caring society which still guarantees diversity and personal autonomy is highly seductive. -- Citizen, Autumn 1998
Henry Tam's book is to be welcomed on several counts ... He provides a readable, thoughtful and exhaustive exposition of what communitarianism actually is. ... The value of this book is in putting forward genuinely innovative ideas and contributing generously to the debate on different ways of doing things in politics and administration.(Teaching Public Administration, Autumn 1998 (Vol XVIII, No.2)) -- Teaching Public Administration, Autumn 1998 (Vol XVIII, No.2)
Though often associated with sociologist, Amitai Etzioni's assessment of contemporary market society, Tam shows that communitarianism is rooted in an older, larger set of problems in political theory: finding a means of organising authority in liberal-democratic societies without relying on either rights-based doctrines that leave the individual alone and insecure or authoritarian methods that submerge liberty to the 'needs' of the larger polity. The text is ambitious in scope, fair-minded, and well-written. -- Choice, January 1999 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"With this important book, communitarianism finds a strong voice . . . A must for all who care not only about communitarianism, but about community and, indeed, a good society.."
- Amitai Etzioni, author of The New Golden Rule
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