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- catalog abstract ""In our crowded, noisy world - too many people, too much crime, too many wars, not enough time - it seems almost impossible to locate and preserve the common ground where a civil society might flourish. Where can we be ourselves and live our lives, arbitrate our differences, be something more than mere consumers, take charge of things? Everywhere we look there is conflict, alienation, bureaucracy, unbridled marketeering capitalism, loss of individual control. Whatever happened to the civic virtue and community life that nourished true democracy?" "In this book, Benjamin Barber tackles these questions head-on and, in answering them, retrieves the ideals of "civil society" from the nostalgists who want to re-create old-fashioned (and discriminatory) small communities and from the free-marketeers who associate it with unfettered commercial activity. Barber proposes practical strategies for making civil society real, for civilizing public discourse and promoting civic debate, and for envisioning an America where we honor values beyond those of work and leisure, commerce and bureaucracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10876465.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In our crowded, noisy world - too many people, too much crime, too many wars, not enough time - it seems almost impossible to locate and preserve the common ground where a civil society might flourish. Where can we be ourselves and live our lives, arbitrate our differences, be something more than mere consumers, take charge of things? Everywhere we look there is conflict, alienation, bureaucracy, unbridled marketeering capitalism, loss of individual control. Whatever happened to the civic virtue and community life that nourished true democracy?" "In this book, Benjamin Barber tackles these questions head-on and, in answering them, retrieves the ideals of "civil society" from the nostalgists who want to re-create old-fashioned (and discriminatory) small communities and from the free-marketeers who associate it with unfettered commercial activity. Barber proposes practical strategies for making civil society real, for civilizing public discourse and promoting civic debate, and for envisioning an America where we honor values beyond those of work and leisure, commerce and bureaucracy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-157) and index.".
- catalog description "Three kinds of civil society -- A place for us : strong democratic civil society -- Making civil society real : practical strategies -- Civility and civilizing discourse -- Time, work, and leisure in a civil society.".
- catalog extent "166 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0809076578 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Hill and Wang,".
- catalog subject "301 21".
- catalog subject "Civil society.".
- catalog subject "Democracy.".
- catalog subject "JC336 .B25 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Three kinds of civil society -- A place for us : strong democratic civil society -- Making civil society real : practical strategies -- Civility and civilizing discourse -- Time, work, and leisure in a civil society.".
- catalog title "A place for us : how to make society civil and democracy strong / by Benjamin R. Barber.".
- catalog type "text".