Changing and Unchanging Face of U.S. Civil Society
Contributors: Francis Fukuyama (Introduction)
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: August 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780765801395
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology - General; Political participation; Social Science; Sociology; United States; General; Civil society
Description: "The formation, maintenance, and well being of American civil society is a topic of intense debate in the social sciences. Until now, this debate has lacked rigor, with the term "civil society" commonly used interchangeably and imprecisely with other terms such as civic engagement. Today's discourse also lacks methodological discipline and relies too heavily on narrowly selected evidence in support of a particular argument.

In this contribution to the debate, Marcella Ridlen Ray supplies an empirical study based on a theoretical model of democratic civil society, one that posits high levels of communication, diversity, autonomy, mediation, and voluntary association."--BOOK JACKET.