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Tables of Contents for Community Works
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: Why Civil Society? Why Now?
1
17
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Part 1: An Idea and Its Consequences
Is Civil Society Obsolete? Revisiting Predictions of the Decline of Civil Society in Whose Keeper?
17
7
Alan Wolfe
Not a Cure All: Civil Society Creates Citizens, It Does Not Solve Problems
24
6
Jean Bethke Elshtain
America's Civic Condition: A Glance at the Evidence
30
7
William A. Galston
Peter Levine
Don't Blame Big Government: America's Voluntary Groups Thrive in a National Network
37
7
Theda Skocpol
All Community Is Local: The Key to America's Civic Renewal
44
6
William A. Schambra
The Lord's Work: The Church and Civil Society
50
9
John J. DiIulio Jr.
High-Octane Faith and Civil Society
59
5
Eugene F. Rivers III
Give Community Institutions a Fighting Chance
64
8
Bruce Katz
Recreating the Civil Society One Child at a Time
72
3
Colin L. Powell
No Paintbrushes, No Paint
75
6
Jane R. Eisner
Beyond Theory: Civil Society in Action
81
7
Pam Solo
Gail Pressberg
Poverty 101: What Liberals and Conservatives Can Learn from Each Other
88
5
David Kuo
Where Have All the Followers Gone?
93
8
Alan Ehrenhalt
Part 2: Political Responses
Civil Society and the Humble Role of Government
101
6
Dan Coats
Rick Santorum
America's Challenge: Revitalizing Our National Community
107
10
Bill Bradley
Part 3: Philosophical Responses
Second Thoughts on Civil Society
117
6
Gertrude Himmelfarb
The Idea of Civil Society: A Path to Social Reconstruction
123
22
Michael Walzer
Select Bibliography
145
4
Contributors
149
4
Index
153