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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Inequality and Democracy's Uncertain Future; Part I. The Origins of Civil Society; 1. Civil Society and the Classical Heritage; The Danger of Private Interest; The Mixed Polity; Civil Society and the Res Publica; 2. Civil Society and the Christian Commonwealth; Pride, Faith, and the State; The Christian Commonwealth; Early Fractures; 3. Civil Society and the Transition to Modernity; Virtue and Power; Civil Society and the Liberated Conscience; Sovereignty, Interest, and Civil Society; Part II. Civil Society and Modernity.

4. Civil Society and the Rise of "Economic Man"Rights, Law, and Protected Spheres; The Moral Foundations of Civil Society; The Emergence of Bourgeois Civil Society; 5. Civil Society and the State; Civil Society and the Ethical Commonwealth; The "Giant Broom"; The "System of Needs"; The Politics of Social Revolution; 6. Civil Society and Intermediate Organizations; The Aristocratic Republic; Civil Society and Community; The Customs of Civil Society; American Lessons; Part III. Civil Society in Contemporary Life; 7. Civil Society and the Crisis of Communism; Antistatism and Totalitarianism.

Socialist Civil SocietyReaching the Limits; Global Civil Society; 8. Civil Society and the United States; Factions, Pluralism, and the Market Model; Hegemony and the Commodified Public Sphere; Strategies of Renewal; Conclusion: Pessimism, Activism, and Political Revival; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

Includes bibliographical references and index.