Mending fences : renewing justice between government and civil society / Dan Coats ; with responses by Glenn C. Loury, Mary Nelson, Stanley W. Carlson-Thies ; edited [and foreword] by James W. Skillen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coats, Daniel R., 1943-

Contributor:

Loury, Glenn C.

Nelson, Mary.

Carlson-Thies, Stanley W.

Skillen, James W.

Series:

Kuyper lecture series

The Kuyper lecture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

United States.

Social conditions.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

Social policy.

United States--Politics and government--1993-.

Politics and government.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Civil society--United States.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

73 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books ; Washington, D.C. : Center for Public Justice, [1998]

Summary:

Senator Coats addresses the need to strengthen the authority and economic well-being of those institutions that teach moral values. As author of the legislative package The Project for American Renewal, he argues that the government must use its authority to empower constructive actions in the nongovernmental sector. Presented as the third annual Kuyper Lecture, Mending Fences includes responses from three distinguished social activists, who offer their suggestions for promoting justice and moral responsibility in America. They are Glenn C. Loury, professor of economics and director of the Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University; Mary Nelson, founding president of Bethel New Life (Chicago); and Stanley W. Carlson-Thies, director of social policy studies, the Center for Public Justice.

ISBN:

0801058309

OCLC:

39093661