The essential civil society reader : classic essays in the American civil society debate / Don E. Eberly, editor.

Part 1. Introduction and overview. The meaning, origins, and applications of civil society / Don E. Eberly -- Part 2. Civil society theory. "The quest for community" : a study in the ethics of order and freedom / Robert Nisbet -- Whose keeper? Social science and moral obligation / Alan Wolfe -- The good society: we live through our institutions / Robert N. Bellah -- The demoralization of society : what's wrong with the civil society / Gertrude Himmelfarb -- Democracyon trial : the role of civil society in sustaining democratic values / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Communitarianism and the moral dimension / Amitai Etzioni -- Part 3. Community as a generator of social capital. To empower people : from state to civil society / Peter A. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus -- Professionalized services : disabling help for communities and citizens / John L. McKnight -- Culture, incentives, and the underclass / James Q. Wilson -- The urban church : faith, outreach, and the inner-city poor / John J. DiIulio Jr. -- Part 4. C