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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1. Verfasser: Gustafson, Sandra M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung: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 rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. Though the U.S. Constitution made deliberation central to republican self-governance, the ethical emphasis on group deliberation often conflicted with the rhetorical focus on persuasive speech. From Alexis de Tocqueville's ideas about the deliberativ.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (282 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226311302
0226311309
9786613362575
6613362573
9780226311296
0226311295
1283362570
9781283362573

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