03514nam 2200697 450 991045260690332120200520144314.00-7391-0424-10-7391-6112-1(CKB)2550000001111088(EBL)1351213(OCoLC)856627622(SSID)ssj0001175797(PQKBManifestationID)11662296(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001175797(PQKBWorkID)11121907(PQKB)11588738(MiAaPQ)EBC1351213(Au-PeEL)EBL1351213(CaPaEBR)ebr10923914(CaONFJC)MIL510980(EXLCZ)99255000000111108820140910h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe soul of civil society voluntary associations and the public value of moral habits /Don Eberly and Ryan StreeterLanham, Maryland ;Oxford, England :Lexington Books,2002.©20021 online resource (161 p.)Includes index.0-7391-0423-3 1-299-79729-6 Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Voluntary Associations and the Primacy of Moral Habits; PART ONE THE PROMISE OF SOCIAL RENAISSANCE; 1. The Coming Social Renaissance: Restoring America's Civic and Moral Creed; 2. Toward a Human Scale: Making the World Work at the Street Level; 3. Individuals and a Healthy Civic Order; PART TWO VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS, PUBLIC POLICY, AND THE MARKETPLACE; 4. Voluntary Associations and the Remoralization of America; 5. Targeting Recovery to Low-Income Families; 6. A Humane Economy: The Moral Dimensions of EnterprisePART THREE MORAL HABITS AND THE PUBLIC GOOD7. Families, Fathers, and Citizenship; 8. Cultivating Moral Habits: Four Social Virtues Worth the Work; 9. The Reformation of Manners; 10. The Golden Rule: A Universal Moral Ethic for Society; Index; About the AuthorsAmericans 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, arVoluntarismUnited StatesAssociations, institutions, etcUnited StatesNon-governmental organizationsUnited StatesSocial problemsUnited StatesSocial ethicsUnited StatesUnited StatesMoral conditionsUnited StatesSocial conditionsElectronic books.VoluntarismAssociations, institutions, etc.Non-governmental organizationsSocial problemsSocial ethics361.3/7Eberly Don E.919405Streeter Ryan1969-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452606903321The soul of civil society2062243UNINA