Don Eberly is the founder of several nationally recognized civic organizations, including the Civil Society Project and the National Fatherhood Initiative, and has authored, coauthored, or edited seven books, including The Essential Civil Society Reader: The Classic Essays and The Content of America's Character: The Recovery of Civic Virtue. He has worked for two presidents in more than a decade's service in top policy positions, most recently as Deputy Assistant to the President and the first Deputy Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Ryan Streeter has served as Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute and has worked on local and federal government initiatives to strengthen the role of civil society in America. He is the author of Transforming Charity: Toward a Results-Oriented Social Sector.

Not only is this book a solid, thoughtful argument on a many-stranded subject; it is a treasure house of references and citations to a vast and important literature.

• Part 1 Introduction: Voluntary Associations and the Cultivation of Moral HabitsPart 2 The Promise of Social RenaissanceChapter 3 The Coming Social Renaissance: Restoring America's Civic and Moral CreedChapter 4 Toward a Human Scale: Making the World Work at the Street LevelChapter 5 Individuals and a Healthy Civic OrderPart 6 Voluntary Associations, Public Policy, and the MarketplaceChapter 7 Voluntary Associations and the Remoralization of AmericaChapter 8 Targeting Recovery to Low-Income FamiliesChapter 9 A Humane Economy: The Moral Dimensions of EnterprisePart 10 Moral Habits and the Public GoodChapter 11 Fathers, Families, and CitizenshipChapter 12 Cultivating Moral Habits: Four Social Virtues Worth the WorkChapter 13 The Reformation of MannersChapter 14 The Golden Rule: A Universal Moral Ethic for Society

Don Eberly is the founder of several nationally recognized civic organizations, including the Civil Society Project and the National Fatherhood Initiative, and has authored, coauthored, or edited seven books, including The Essential Civil Society Reader: The Classic Essays and The Content of America's Character: The Recovery of Civic Virtue. He has worked for two presidents in more than a decade's service in top policy positions, most recently as Deputy Assistant to the President and the first Deputy Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Ryan Streeter has served as Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute and has worked on local and federal government initiatives to strengthen the role of civil society in America. He is the author of Transforming Charity: Toward a Results-Oriented Social Sector.

Not only is this book a solid, thoughtful argument on a many-stranded subject; it is a treasure house of references and citations to a vast and important literature.

• Part 1 Introduction: Voluntary Associations and the Cultivation of Moral HabitsPart 2 The Promise of Social RenaissanceChapter 3 The Coming Social Renaissance: Restoring America's Civic and Moral CreedChapter 4 Toward a Human Scale: Making the World Work at the Street LevelChapter 5 Individuals and a Healthy Civic OrderPart 6 Voluntary Associations, Public Policy, and the MarketplaceChapter 7 Voluntary Associations and the Remoralization of AmericaChapter 8 Targeting Recovery to Low-Income FamiliesChapter 9 A Humane Economy: The Moral Dimensions of EnterprisePart 10 Moral Habits and the Public GoodChapter 11 Fathers, Families, and CitizenshipChapter 12 Cultivating Moral Habits: Four Social Virtues Worth the WorkChapter 13 The Reformation of MannersChapter 14 The Golden Rule: A Universal Moral Ethic for Society

Don Eberly is the founder of several nationally recognized civic organizations, including the Civil Society Project and the National Fatherhood Initiative, and has authored, coauthored, or edited seven books, including The Essential Civil Society Reader: The Classic Essays and The Content of America's Character: The Recovery of Civic Virtue. He has worked for two presidents in more than a decade's service in top policy positions, most recently as Deputy Assistant to the President and the first Deputy Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Ryan Streeter has served as Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute and has worked on local and federal government initiatives to strengthen the role of civil society in America. He is the author of Transforming Charity: Toward a Results-Oriented Social Sector.

Not only is this book a solid, thoughtful argument on a many-stranded subject; it is a treasure house of references and citations to a vast and important literature.

• Part 1 Introduction: Voluntary Associations and the Cultivation of Moral HabitsPart 2 The Promise of Social RenaissanceChapter 3 The Coming Social Renaissance: Restoring America's Civic and Moral CreedChapter 4 Toward a Human Scale: Making the World Work at the Street LevelChapter 5 Individuals and a Healthy Civic OrderPart 6 Voluntary Associations, Public Policy, and the MarketplaceChapter 7 Voluntary Associations and the Remoralization of AmericaChapter 8 Targeting Recovery to Low-Income FamiliesChapter 9 A Humane Economy: The Moral Dimensions of EnterprisePart 10 Moral Habits and the Public GoodChapter 11 Fathers, Families, and CitizenshipChapter 12 Cultivating Moral Habits: Four Social Virtues Worth the WorkChapter 13 The Reformation of MannersChapter 14 The Golden Rule: A Universal Moral Ethic for Society