"With superb insight, Benjamin Gregg melds theory and research in sociology and political science into an approach to communitarianism that in content advances the arguments of Amitai Etzioni and in form rivals the touch of Jeffrey Alexander. Gregg's concept of 'enlightened localism' merits close attention by researchers and theorists alike."--David Sciulli, author of "Corporate Power in Civil Society"

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I. Thick Moralities, Thin Politics in Social Integration
1. Thick and Thin 17
2. Social Integration within Cosmopolitan Societies 40
3. Social Integration among Diverse Communities 67
4. Solidarities, Understandings, Identities 90
II. Thick Moralities, Thin Politics in Political Judgment
5. Political Judgment about Indeterminate Legal Norms
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6. Political Judgment about Competing Cultural Values
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7. Political Judgment as Ideology Critique
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Coda 187
Notes 195
Selected Bibliography 223
Index 235

Benjamin Gregg is Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin.