A critique of Michael Sandel's "Democracy's Discontent". Sandel's liberal and feminist critics square off with his communitarian and civic republican sympathizers in a lively and wide-ranging discussion spanning constitutional law, culture, and political economy.

Introduction: The Quest for a Post-Liberal Public Philosophy ; PART 1. REVIVING CIVIC VIRTUE ; 1. . The Retrieval of Civic Virtue: A Critical Appreciation of Sandel's Democracy's Discontent ; 2. Virtue En Mass ; 3. Reworking Sandel's Republicanism ; PART 2. TOWARD AN AMERICAN PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY ; 4. Political Economy and the Politics of Virtue: US Public Philosophy at Century's End ; 5. The Encumbered American Self ; 6. A Public Philosophy for the Professional-Managerial Class ; 7. Notes of a Jewish Episcopalian: Gender as a Language of Class; Religion as a Dialect of Liberalism ; PART 3. LIBERAL REPUBLICANISM ; 8. A Defense of Minimalist Liberalism ; 9. Michael Sandel and Richard Rorty: Two Models of the Republic ; 10. Liberal Egalitarianism and Civic Republicanism: Friends or Enemies? ; 11. Moral Status and the Status of Morality in Political Liberalism ; 12. Sandel's Liberal Politics ; PART 4. LIVING WITH DIFFERENCE ; 13. Michael Sandel's America ; 14. Moral Dialogues: A Communitarian Core Element ; 15. Can This Republic be Saved? ; 16. Civic Republicanism and Civic Pluralism: The Silent Struggle of Michael Sandel ; 17. Living with Difference ; PART 5. LAW, MORALS, AND PRIVATE LIVES ; 18. Unencumbered Individuals and Embedded Selves: Reasons to Resist Dichotomous Thinking in Family Law ; 19. The Right of Privacy in Sandel's Procedural Republic ; 20. Gay Marriage and Liberal Constitutionalism: Two Mistakes ; PART 6. SELF-GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRATIC DISCONTENT ; 21. Fusion Republicanism ; 22. Corporate Speech and Civic Virtue ; 23. Federalism as a Cure for Democracy's Discontent? ; PART 7. A REPLY TO MY CRITICS ; 24. A Reply to My Critics

the definitive critique of Michael Sandel's widely read and hugely influential Democracy's Discontent features a stellar line-up of the world's leading political and constitutional theorists includes a powerful response to his critics by Michael Sandel himself Sheds new light on topical issues ranging from immigration and economic disparity to abortion and gay marriage represents a unique and significant contribution to political and legal theory essential reading for all those interested in the fate of American politics, law, and public philosophy

the definitive critique of Michael Sandel's widely read and hugely influential Democracy's Discontent features a stellar line-up of the world's leading political and constitutional theorists includes a powerful response to his critics by Michael Sandel himself Sheds new light on topical issues ranging from immigration and economic disparity to abortion and gay marriage represents a unique and significant contribution to political and legal theory essential reading for all those interested in the fate of American politics, law, and public philosophy