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The Communitarian Update
Number 25
January 11, 2000
Privacy Debate
"When Privacy Matters" will be debated at the 92nd Street Y in New York City
on February 1, 2000 at 8:15 pm. The debate will be moderated by ACLU president,
Nadine Strossen. Panelists include David Sobel of the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, Barry Steinhardt of the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
Philip Reitinger of the U.S. Department of Justice--and Amitai Etzioni, author
of The Limits of Privacy. For more information, contact the 92nd Street Y at
(212) 415-5729. To purchase tickets, call (212) 996-1100. Tickets are $20.
New Issue of The Responsive Community!
(FREE copies available from us).
Up Front
Individualism and Civic Renewal - Michael K. Briand
Government: Getting Back to the Fundamentals - Robert Kuttner
A Nation of Minorities? - Amitai Etzioni
Essays
Tort Law and the Communitarian Foundations of Privacy - Robert C. Post
Privacy is about protecting the individual from society, right? Perhaps not, says one law professor.
FEATURED ARTICLE
THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF COHABITATION - LINDA J. WAITE
If the marriage license is just a piece of paper, it's one powerful piece of paper.
Are Rights Universal? The "Asian Values" Debate - Daniel A. Bell
Are individual rights "self-evident" - or a Western taste?
Confucianism and Western Rights: Conflict or Harmony? - Hahm Chaibong
The Western tradition of liberalism is focused on protecting the individual from the arbitrary
power of the state. Can the same can be found in Confucianism?
Children in Charge - Gina R. Dalfonzo
From a teenage Dangerous Liaisons (with sexual blackmail and all) to a television show
with a topless mom-the latest media perversions.
Main Street Fights Back - Stacy Mitchell
A how-to guide for communities in the battle against Wal-Mart and The Gap.
Departments
The Community's Pulse, the Community Bookshelf
A Libertarian-Communitarian Bridge? - David R. Karp
Review of Bruce Benson's To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice.
The Moral Dimension of the Media
Sex, Sadness, and the City - Wendy Shalit
Libertarians, Authoritarians, Communitarians - Rachel Mears
Visit The Responsive Community on the web: http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/rcq. If you would like to
receive a FREE sample back issue of The Responsive Community for yourself or your organization,
please let us know at comnet@gwu.edu, or call (800) 245-7460. Same--to subscribe.
Feed the Hungry with a simple click - The Hunger Site is an innovative new tool to help feed the
hungry. Visitors to the site are invited to donate a serving of food by clicking on a button.
The donations are paid for by corporate sponsors. Donations are given to the United Nations
World Food Program. Bookmark the page and donate food every day!
For those who seek to combat afluenza, the mindless pursuit of ever more goods and conspicuous
consumption, abandoning the necktie may serve as a starting point. It has no function; dropping
it visibly signals a move toward voluntary simplicity. Pass the word?
Civic Journalism 2000 Workshop, January 21-23, 2000: San Diego. "Straight Talk on Local Issues" -
Build compelling journalism for the 21st century. For print and broadcast journalists. Agenda
and registration form: http://www.pewcenter.org/doingcj/conf/index.html
New Publications
Healthy Teens: Facing the Challenges of Young Lives (Bridge Communications, Inc., 1999) by
Alice R. McCarthy, Ph.D. A practical guide for parents, caregivers, educators, and health
professionals.
"Value Pluralism and Liberal Political Theory" by William Galston, American Political
Science Review, Vol. 93, No. 4, December 1999. Sketches the essentials of value pluralism
and explores its implications for liberal political theory.
"Why More Guns Mean Less Crime," Reason, January 2000 issue. Q&A with economist John Lott.
The Double Helix: Technology and Democracy in the American Future? by Edward Wenk, Jr. Further
details of book and author can be found on web site: http://faculty.washington.edu/future/.
Voting Rites: The Devolution of American Politics (Praeger Publishers, 1999) by Ron Hirschbein.
Performance Management in the 21st Century: Solutions for Business, Education and
Family (St. Lucie Press, 1999) by Norman Jones, Ed.D.
Liberalismus, Pluralismus, Kommunitarismus: Studien zur Legitimation des Grundgesetzes
[Liberalism, Pluralism, Communitarianism. Studies on the Legitimacy of the German Constitution]
(Nomos Publishing Company, Baden-Baden, 1999) by Winfried Brugger.
"The Nanny Chain" by Arlie Russell Hochschild, The American Prospect, January 3, 2000. A
growing phenomenon, in which mothers from third world countries migrate to first world
countries to care for other mother's children is explored in this article.
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