Essential Civil Society Reader The Classic Essays in the American Civil Society Debate

Daniel Bell is the author of numerous books. Bell is professor emeritus of social science at Harvard University and a resident scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Robert N. Bellah is professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley Peter L. Berger is director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture and professor of economics at Boston University John J. DiIulio Jr. is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a nonresident senior fellow in governmental studies at the Brookings Institution, and director of the Partnership for Research on Religion and At-Risk Youth (PRRAY) in Philadelphia Don E. Eberly is the author or editor of numerous books on American society and culture. Eberly contributes widely to the debate on civil society in regular submissions to journals and magazines. He has also founded several national civic initiatives, including the Civil Society Project, which he directs, and the National Fatherhood Initiative, for which he serves as chairman and CEO Alan Ehrenhalt is executive editor of Governing Magazine Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago Amitai Etzioni is a professor at George Washington University and a leading contributor to communitarian thought Francis Fukuyama is a former senior social scientist with the Rand Corporation and presently teaches at George Mason University William A. Galston is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park and director of the university's Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Mary Ann Glendon is professor of law at Harvard University Vaclav Havel is an internationally renowned playwright and the author of many influential essays. He was imprisoned in 1979 for his involvement in the Czech human rights movement, and after his release in 1989, he became his country's president Gertrude Himmelfarb taught for twenty-three years at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York John L. McKnight is director of the Community Studies Program at the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University, where he is a professor in the School of Education and Social Policy Richard John Neuhaus is a leading voice on issues of religion and society in America Robert Nisbet was formerly a professor of sociology at Columbia University Michael J. Sandel is a political theorist and professor of government at Harvard University William A. Schambra is director of general programs for the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin James Q. Wilson was professor of government for twenty-six years at Harvard and has taught management and public policy at UCLA Alan Wolfe is professor of sociology and political science at Boston UniversityEberly, Don E. is the author of 'Essential Civil Society Reader The Classic Essays in the American Civil Society Debate', published 2000 under ISBN 9780847697199 and ISBN 0847697193.