In 1976, in the first edition of this book, Peter Berger and Richard John Neuhaus anticipated the major worldwide project of the 1990s: the renewal of civil society. They showed that such "mediating structures" as family, neighbourhood, church, and voluntary and civil associations are crucial institutions, whose weakening spells disaster. Now, with many of their ideas vindicated, the authors have returned to their original argument to assess what has succeeded, what went wrong and what remains to be done. Contributors include: Douglas J. Besharov, Stuart M. Butler, William A. Galston, David G. Green, Michael Horowitz, Michael S. Joyce, Leslie Lenkowsky, James P. Pinkerton, William A. Schambra and Robert L. Woodson.
- ISBN10 0844739448
- ISBN13 9780844739441
- Publish Date 1 February 1996 (first published 1 December 1985)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint AEI Press
- Edition Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 230
- Language English