At head of title: American Assembly, Columbia University.
Used as background reading for the 97th American Assembly, Kansas City, Sept. 21-24, 2000.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.
Contents
Traditions and Public Philosophy -- Family, Tradition, and Critique -- Is Family Disruption Real? -- Family Disruption: Diagnosis and the Search for a Cure -- Culture: Marriage as Public Philosophy and Policy? -- Directions: Culture and Civil Society -- Directions: Government and Market -- Directions: Persons -- Notes on Some Very Hard Questions -- Final Report of the Ninety-Seventh American Assembly -- Uniting America Leadership Advisory Group.