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Volume 9, Issue 3, Summer 1999
Up Front
A Cultural Revolution in Juvenile Violence?
Jack Levin
Rebuilding Communities from Within
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Essays
Identity Politics and the Liberalism of Difference: Missing the Big Picture
Thomas Spragens Jr.
Having invaded the academy and now moving on to the body politic, the liberalism
of difference is ripe for a deconstruction.
Beyond the Nation-State
Václav Havel
The bright star of the nation-state, the primary political and social
actor of the 20th century, is fading. What will take over the functions
it is relinquishing?
The Evangelical Family Paradox: Conservative Rhetoric, Progressive Practice
W. Bradford Wilcox and John P. Bartkowski
Are evangelical parents more likely than others to spank their children? How do evangelical
husbands compare when it comes to household chores and helping out with the kids?
Pediatric Bioethics: Reintroducing the Parents
Lainie Friedman Ross
A 15-year-old can't buy liquor, can't vote, and can't even drive. But according to bioethicists,
she should be able to make life and death decisions.
Community Corporations: Engines for a New Place-Based Economics
Michael H. Shuman
Ever-increasing corporate mobility forces local governments to grovel and leaves workers
insecure. What is to be done?
Co-Housing: The Challenge of Building New Communities
Linton Weeks
Clustered residences. Shared chores. A few required meetings. Some jointly decided
restrictions on the individual. A recipe for community?
The Pros and Cons of Domestic Disarmament
David B. Kopel and Christopher C. Little
Current gun control proposals are too timid to make a difference. So do we need
much more or much less?
Departments
The Community Bookshelf
Privacy as Privilege
Jonathan Kirsch
Balancing Privacy and the Common Good: The Devil Is in the Details
Ronald Bayer
Two reviews of Amitai Etzioni's The Limits of Privacy.
Globalization versus the Status Quo in Germany
Jens Beckert
Review of Warnfried Dettling's Wirtschaftskummerland? Wege aus der Globalisierungsfalle.
The Moral Dimension of Movies
The Battle of Good versus Evil
Mary Henderson
The Real Menace
Alexander Theroux
Opposing views on Star Wars.
Libertarians, Authoritarians, Communitarians
Research Note: The Spreading of Communitarianism
Kaleidoscope: Japan's Lolita Trade-A Decline in Business?
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