Civil society is receiving renewed attention from academics, politicians, journalists, community leaders, and participants in the voluntary sector. Civil Society, Democracy ...

"Ray has written a book that should be read by anyone interested in the current debates about the general health of civil society in the United States."--American Journal of ...

Bringing together an international team of contributors, this volume provides an original and powerful contribution to debates about the civic purpose of higher education. It ...

Denning dissects today's debate over civic virtue as a remedy to America's social and political ills. He argues that the conservative focus on moral behavior excludes other ...

Recchiuti chronicles the coalescence of overlapping social reform networks in New York City during the late Gilded Age and the Progressive Era built around the newly emergent ...

Combining principles of individual rational choice with a sociological conception of collective action, James Coleman recasts social theory in a bold new way. The result is a ...

"Discusses how government can serve as a partner and catalyst for collaborative problem solving. Details three success stories and explains what measures were taken and why ...

Organized to complement an introductory course in political science research methods, this text is designed to help students move beyond concepts to a richer understanding of ...

Kleppner's study represents an attempt to move beyond the older voting studies by questioning their underlying assumptions and analyzing the changes that occurred at the ...

The "Pew Charitable Trusts" defines civic engagement as "Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Addressing both offline ...