[hereinafter AMERICA'S PROMISE] (describing the decline in social capital). For arguments at the opposite end of the spectrum, see MICHAEL SCHUDSON, THE GOOD CITIZEN: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CIVIC LIFE 294 (1998) [hereinafter GOOD CITIZEN] (concluding that citizenship in America has added new forms but has not declined); Everett C. Ladd, The Data Just Don't Show Erosion of America's "Social Capital," 7 PUB. PERSP. 1 (1996) [hereinafter Data Just Don't Show Erosion] (arguing that the level of civic participation has actually increased); James A. Morone, The Corrosive Politics of Virtue, 26 AM. PROSPECT 30, 36-37 (1996) [hereinafter The Corrosive Politics of Virtue] (arguing that we do not have a moral crisis, a divorce culture, or a crime rate higher than it was in 1970). For an overview of the literature on all sides of this issue, see Dietlind Stolle and Marc Hooghe, Emerging Repetoires of Political Action? A Review of the Debate on Participation Trends in Western Societies, April 13-18, 2004 (on file with the author). 2004] Civic RENEWAL AND THE REGULATION OF NONPROFITS 291 15 The primary economic ills discussed are poverty, child poverty, unemployment, and underemployment. Although poverty and child poverty appeared to be at historic lows in the United States in 2000, there were still more than 30 million people, many of them children, still living in poverty. The downward trend reversed after 2000, and poverty increased during the last two years. BERNADETrE D.