In The Civil Society Reader Don Eberly presents the classic writings of the leading scholars and organizers who have brought the civil society debate to the forefront of American politics.

Contributions by: Daniel Bell, Robert Bellah, Peter Berger, John Dilulio, Don E. Eberly, Allan Ehrenhalt, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzioni, Francis Fukuyama, William Galston, Mary Ann Glendon, Vaclav Havel, Gertrude Himmelfarb, John McKnight, Richard John Neuhaus, Robert Nisbet, Michael Sandel, William A. Schambra, James Q. Wilson, Alan Wolfe