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Strong democracy : participatory politics for a new age / Benjamin R. Barber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Liberalism.
- Citizenship.
- Communities.
- Political participation.
- Ciudadanía.
- Comunidad.
- Liberalismo.
- Participación política.
- Local Subjects:
- Ciudadanía.
- Comunidad.
- Liberalismo.
- Participación política.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 320 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1984]
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Thin democracy: the argument against liberalism. Thin democracy: politics as zookeeping
- The preconceptual frame: Newtonian politics
- The epistemological frame: Cartesian politics
- The psychological frame: apolitical man
- Thin democracy in the twentieth century: the potential for pathology.
- pt. 2. Strong democracy: the argument for citizenship. Strong democracy: politics as a way of living
- A conceptual frame: politics in the participatory mode
- Citizenship and participation: politics as epistemology
- Citizenship and community: politics as social being
- The real present: institutionalizing strong democracy in the modern world.
- Notes:
- List of the author's works: 1st prelim. page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520051157
- 9780520051157
- 0520056167
- 9780520056169
- OCLC:
- 9533262
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