Includes bibliographical references and index.

Public goods as commonstock : notes on the receding commons / Anatole Anton -- Surviving with dignity in a global economy : the battle for public goods / Milton Fisk -- Rationality, solidarity, and public goods / Nancy Holmstrom -- Women, care, and the public good : a dialogue / Ann Ferguson and Nancy Folbre -- Difference as a resource for democratic communication / Iris Marion Young -- The prisoner exchange : the underside of civil rights / Angela Y. Davis -- Human rights versus classical liberalism : a study in the theory of value / James Syfers -- Failed prophecies, glorious hopes / Richard Rorty --What are the state functions that neoliberalism wants to eliminate? / Zsuzsa Ferge -- Public goods, future generations, and environmental quality / Andrew Light -- Family assistance and the public good / John Exdell -- Reconstructing cities, restoring the environment : new urbanism versus mobile/agile capital / Bill Resnick -- Education as a public good / Nell Noddings -- Voting, democratic political action, and the public good / Kurt Nutting -- Language as a public good under threat : the private ownership of brand names / Michael H. Goldhaber -- Communication as a public good / Robert W. McChesney -- Higher education as a public good / Stanley Aronowitz -- Punishment or public health : why the war on drugs is a failure / Jessie Corlito -- A case for taking health care out of the market / Milton Fisk -- Mental health : public or social good? / Richard Lichtman.