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Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic.

Deliberation, in recent years, has emerged as a form of civic engagement worth reclaiming. In this persuasive book, Sandra M. Gustafson combines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that current democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gustafson, Sandra M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Deliberation: A Very Breif History; 2. Modern Republicanism in the Atlantic World; 3. Models of Ancient Eloquence; 4. The Politics and Aesthetics of Deliberation; 5. Prophesying the Multiracial Republic; 6. Deliberative Fictions; 7. How to Read Deliberatively; Conclusion: Deliberative Democracy Past and Future; Notes; Index.