Civil society and the "art of association"

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-70

  Galston, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456933     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2000.0010     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Robert D. Putnam, "Bowling Alone," Journal of Democracy 6 (January 1995): 65-78.
2. For insight into the current debate, see Theda Skocpol and Morris P. Fiorina, eds., Civic Engagement and American Democracy (Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 1999);
3. Robert K. Fullinwider, ed., Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999);
4. E. J. Dionne Jr., ed., Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America (Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 1998).
5. For a recent social scientific examination of this "top-down" relationship, see Wendy M. Rahn, John Brehm, and Neil Carlson, "National Elections as Institutions for Generating Social Capital," in Skocpol and Fiorina, eds., Civic Engagement in American Democracy.
6. On this point, see especially Alan Ehrenhalt, "Where Have All The Followers Gone?" in Dionne, ed., Community Works.