Even in the midst of an economic boom, most Americans would agree
that all is not right in our polity. Our civic institutions are in
bad shape, many argue, and we are growing ever more cynical and
disconnected from our leaders and from one another.
In response to this bleak assessment, advocates of "civil society"
argue that our society's predicament centers on the decline of our
local institutions and that if we are to restore a more
civic-minded society we must work to rejuvenate them. Christopher
Beem argues that while this goal is worthwhile, simply restoring
local institutions will not solve the problem; a civil society also
needs politics and government to provide a sense of shared values
and ideas.
This timely book seeks to correct a movement that is all too
willing to undervalue or dismiss the role of politics in
cultivating a moral society. More than this, "The Necessity of
Politics" calls for a more developed sense of what the state is
for, what our politics ought to be about, and of how state and
civil society are both necessary to fashion and sustain a moral
commonwealth.
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