Soul of Civil Society

Voluntary Associations and the Public Value of Moral Habits

AvDon Eberly,Ryan Streeter

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Americans care about the public value of moral habits. They like to see virtue rewarded and vice censured, appealing as this does to the nation's deep sense that one's success rests neither in money nor in power but in one's civility. In The Soul of Civil Society Don Eberly and Ryan Streeter look beyond such abstractions as the "voluntary sector" and superficial communitarian solutions to civic anomie to identify the pivotal role played by local voluntary associations in a civil society. Not only important for the services they provide, these "little platoons," as Edmund Burke labeled them, are the public incubators of a "new" morality, their emphasis on civic engagement at the local level central to preserving America's democratic culture on the national and international stage. More than simply championing the promise of a social renaissance, The Soul of Civil Society is essential reading for those seeking to do battle with a culturally entrenched individualism that threatens the core of America's moral vitality.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-09-11
Mått:159 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:367 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:162
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739104231

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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.

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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

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