Real Democracy : The New England Town Meeting and How It Works /

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Relying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet...

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Autor principal: Bryan, Frank M. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Colección:American Politics and Political Economy Series
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Democrat
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: The Methodology of Starting from Scratch
  • 2. Town Meeting: An American Conversation
  • 3. Democracy as Public Presence: Walking the Bounds
  • 4. Attendance: The Architecture of Governance
  • 5. Attendance: The Context of Community
  • 6. Democracy as Public Talk: Walking the Bounds
  • 7. Democracy as Public Talk: Exploring the Contexts
  • 8. The Question of Equality: Women's Presence
  • 9. The Question of Equality: Women's Participation
  • 10. If You Build It, Let Them Play
  • 11. The Best Democracy, the Worst Democracy
  • 12. Conclusion: A Lovers' Quarrel
  • Index

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