@book {80242, title = {The essential communitarian reader}, year = {1998}, pages = {323}, publisher = {Rowman \& Littlefield}, organization = {Rowman \& Littlefield}, abstract = {

Communitarian thought has had a profound influence on contemporary American policy. Leaders as diverse as Al Gore and Jack Kemp have embraced it as the most powerful way of restoring America{\textquoteright}s communities and redeeming its political institutions. This comprehensive collection contains essays from the nation{\textquoteright}s most respected thinkers, including Mary Ann Glendon, Senator Bill Bradley, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and many others.

{\textendash} Foundations of communitarian liberalism / Philip Selznick

{\textendash} Community properly understood : a defense of "democratic communitarianism" / Robert N. Bellah

{\textendash} Limits of libertarianism / Thomas A. Spragens, Jr.

{\textendash} Moral reawakening without puritanism / Amitai Etzioni

{\textendash} Dangers of soft despotism / Charles Taylor

{\textendash} Beyond teledemocracy : "America on the line" / James S. Fishkin

{\textendash} Social justice : a communitarian perspective / Philip Selznick

{\textendash} Precarious balance : economic opportunity, civil society, and political liberty / Ralf Dahrendorf

{\textendash} Rights and responsibilities / Dallin H. Oaks

{\textendash} "Absolute" rights : property and privacy / Mary Ann Glendon

{\textendash} Permissible paternalism : in defense of the nanny state / Robert E. Goodin

{\textendash} Finding a place for community in the First Amendment / Roger L. Conner

{\textendash} AIDS prevention vs. cultural sensitivity / Ronald Bayer

{\textendash} Gangsta{\textquoteright}s rights / Roger L. Conner

{\textendash} Liberal-democratic case for the two-parent family / William Galston

{\textendash} How therapists threaten marriages / William J. Doherty

{\textendash} Residential community associations : community or disunity? / Daniel A. Bell

{\textendash} When redistribution and economic growth fail / Senator Dan Coats

{\textendash} What makes a good urban park? / Peter Katz

{\textendash} Loss of public space / Fred Siegel

{\textendash} Rebuilding urban communities / Senator Bill Bradley

{\textendash} Libertarian conundrum : why the market does not safeguard civil rights / Alan Wolfe

{\textendash} Drug abuse control policy : libertarian, authoritarian, liberal, and communitarian perspectives / Mark Kleiman

{\textendash} Inner-city crime : what the federal government should do / John J. DiIulio, Jr.

{\textendash} Mandate for liberty : requiring education-based community service / Benjamin R. Barber

{\textendash} Social science finds : "marriage matters" / Linda J. Waite

{\textendash} Democracy and the politics of difference / Jean Bethke Elshtain

{\textendash} Pluralism vs. particularism in American education / Diane Ravitch

{\textendash} Immmigration and political community in the United States / Daniel J. Tichenor

{\textendash} Who killed modern manners? / Judith Martin.

}, isbn = { 0847688275}, author = {Etzioni, Amitai.} }