Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal
Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal
Description
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 America's 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.
Table of Contents
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
Product details
| Published | 13 May 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 442 |
| ISBN | 9780742573642 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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