Freedom of Association - The University Center for Human Values Series

Commendation Quotes: This collection of essays is the best one-volume introduction to a timely topic: the nature, purposes, moral justifications of (and limitations on) freedom of association in liberal democracies. The contributors link broad philosophical questions to specific practical issues in ways that both philosophers and readers with legal and policy concerns will find illuminating. Review Quotes: "Freedom of Association is exemplary in the consistently high quality and thematic continuity of the contributions. Review Quotes: "Freedom of Association" is exemplary in the consistently high quality and thematic continuity of the contributions.--Margaret Kohn "Political Theory "Table of Contents: Preface and AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Freedom of Association: An Introductory Essay3Pt. IIndividual Values of AssociationCh. 2The Value of Association35Ch. 3On Involuntary Association64Ch. 4Compelled Association: Public Standing, Self-Respect, and the Dynamic of Exclusion75Ch. 5Freedom of Association and Religious Association109Ch. 6Rights, Reasons, and Freedom of Association145Pt. IICivic Values of AssociationCh. 7Ethnic Associations and Democratic Citizenship177Ch. 8Revisiting the Civic Sphere214Ch. 9Civil Society versus Civic Virtue239Ch. 10Insignificant Communities273Ch. 11The City as a Site for Free Association314Ch. 12Trade Unionism in a Liberal State330List of ContributorsIndexReview Quotes:"Freedom of Association" is exemplary in the consistently high qualityand thematic continuity of the contributions.--Margaret Kohn "Political Theory "Jacket Description/Back:"This collection of essays is the best one-volume introduction to a timely topic: the nature, purposes, moral justifications of (and limitations on) freedom of association in liberal democracies. The contributors link broad philosophical questions to specific practical issues in ways that both philosophers and readers with legal and policy concerns will find illuminating."--William A. Galston, Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland Review Quotes: ""Freedom of Association" is exemplary in the consistently high quality and thematic continuity of the contributions."--Margaret Kohn, "Political Theory" Publisher Marketing: This provocative new book explores the individual and civic values of associational freedom in a liberal democracy. Included are contributions by Amy Gutmann, George Kateb, Michael Walzer, Kent Greenawalt, Nancy Roseblum, Will Kymlicka, Yael Tamir, Daniel A. Bell, Sam Fleischacker, Alan Ryan, and Stuart White. Publisher Marketing: Americans are joiners. They are members of churches, fraternal and sororal orders, sports leagues, community centers, parent-teacher associations, professional associations, residential associations, literary societies, national and international charities, and service organizations of seemingly all sorts. Social scientists are engaged in a lively argument about whether decreasing proportions of Americans over the past several decades have been joining secondary associations, but no one disputes that freedom of association remains a fundamental personal and political value in the United States. "Nothing," Alexis de Tocqueville argued, "deserves more attention." Yet the value and limits of free association in the United States have not received the attention they deserve. Why is freedom of association valuable for the lives of individuals? What does it contribute to the life of a liberal democracy? This volume explores the individual and civic values of associational freedom in a liberal democracy, as well as the moral and constitutional limits of claims to associational freedom. Beginning with an introductory essay on freedom of association by Amy Gutmann, the first part of this timely volume includes essays on individual rights of association by George Kateb, Michael Walzer, Kent Greenawalt, and Nancy Rosenblum, and the second part includes essays on civic values of association by Will Kymlicka, Yael Tamir, Daniel A. Bell, Sam Fleischacker, Alan Ryan, and Stuart White.

Contributor Bio:  Gutmann, Amy Amy Gutmann is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.