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Reconstructing democracy : how citizens are building from the ground up / Madeleine Beaubien Taylor, Patrizia Nanz, Charles Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Charles, Author.
- Nanz, Patrizia, Author.
- Taylor, Madeleine Beaubien, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community power.
- Political participation.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. Remaking the Local Community
- CHAPTER 2. Helping to Rebuild Political Communities
- CHAPTER 3. Contributing to Democratic Renewal
- Coda
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780674246638
- 0674246632
- 9780674246652
- 0674246659
- OCLC:
- 1139767139
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