The Essential Communitarian Reader
Contributions by Ronald Bayer, Benjamin R. Barber University of Maryland, Daniel Bell, Robert N. Bellah, Senator Bill Bradley, Senator Dan Coats, Roger L. Conner, Ralf Dahrendorf, John J. DiIulio, William J. Doherty, Jean Bethke Elshtain The Laura Spelman Rockeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, Unive, Amitai Etzioni professor, George Washing, James S. Fishkin, William A. Galston The Brookings Institution, Mary Ann Glendon, Robert E. Goodin, Peter Katz, Mark Kleiman, Judith Martin, Dallin H. Oaks, Diane Ravitch, Philip Selznik, Fred Siegel, Thomas A. Spragen, Charles Thomas Taylor, Daniel J. Tichenor, Linda J. Waite, Alan Wolfe Director of the Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life at Boston
Publication date:
28 January 1998Length of book:
300 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
235x156mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780847688265
This outstanding new book shows why communitarian thought has had such a profound influence on contemporary American public policy, from strengthening our neighborhoods to fighting AIDS and educating our children. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian Network and author of the best-selling books The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule, this comprehensive collection contains essays written by the nation's most respected thinkers. See why politicians as diverse as Vice President Al Gore and Jack Kemp view communitarian social philosophy as the most practical way of restoring America's communities and redeeming its political institutions.
For a movement that is only a few years old, the communitarians are bursting with ideas for rebuilding what they see as the pillars of society—the family, the school, and the community.