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Reconstructing democracy : how citizens are building from the ground up / Charles Taylor, Patrizia Nanz, Madeleine Beaubien Taylor.
LIBRA HM776 .T37 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Charles, 1931- author.
- Nanz, Patrizia, author.
- Taylor, Madeleine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community power.
- Political participation.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 107 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Today's democracies suffer from two mutually reinforcing ills: declining problem-solving capacities and a growing disconnect between the people and political elites. Reconstructing Democracy offers case studies in citizen efficacy, showing how people can solve problems locally and thereby quell the frustrations that demagogues prey on"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Remaking the local community
- Helping to rebuild political communities
- Contributing to democratic renewal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674244627
- 0674244621
- OCLC:
- 1119765648
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