{"product_id":"a-place-for-us-benjamin-barber-9780809076567","title":"A Place for Us: How to Make Society Civil and Democracy Strong","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. Whatever happened to the civic virtue and community life that nourished true democracy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative, hard-hitting book, political scientist 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. Commentators have been making a fashion of civil society, but they tend to mean many different things by the phrase: this bracingly clear book shows how diverse the various notions are and how best to think about them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarber proposes practical strategies for making civil society real, for civilizing public discourse and promoting civic debate, and for affirming values beyond those of work and leisure, commerce and bureaucracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Barber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080907656X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809076567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Benjamin Barber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947262673151,"sku":"9780809076567","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e2932bb1-20b1-4f2f-8c7a-ad332c48d93e.jpg?v=1681517677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-place-for-us-benjamin-barber-9780809076567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}