Town meeting :: practicing democracy in rural New England /
At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln described government by the people as "the great task remaining before us." Many citizens of modern America, frustrated and disheartened, are tempted to despair of realizing that ideal. Yet, it is a project still alive in parts of New England.
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| Zusammenfassung: | At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln described government by the people as "the great task remaining before us." Many citizens of modern America, frustrated and disheartened, are tempted to despair of realizing that ideal. Yet, it is a project still alive in parts of New England. This book traces the origins of town-meeting democracy in Ashfield, a community of just under 2,000 people in the foothills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Donald Robinson begins by recounting several crises at the town's founding in the eighteenth century that helped to shape its character. He shows how the town has changed since then and examines how democratic self-government functions in the modern context. The picture is not pretty. Self-government carries no guarantees, and Ashfield is no utopia. Human failings are abundantly on display. Leaders mislead. Citizens don't pay attention and they forget hard-earned lessons. But in this candid account of the operation of democracy in one New England town, Robinson demonstrates that for better and for worse, Ashfield governs itself democratically. Citizens control the actions of their government. Not everyone participates, but all may, and everyone who lives in the town must accept and obey what town meeting decides. "I very much like what Donald Robinson does in this book: he provides a personal account and record of the sorts of issues that a New England town deals with in the modern era and demonstrates why town democracy of this sort is so valuable in generating in citizens the habits and skills necessary to sustain a political system."--John Dinan, author of Keeping the People's Liberties: Legislators, Citizens, and Judges as Guardians of Rights --Book Jacket |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781613760369 1613760361 |
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| spelling | Robinson, Donald L., 1936- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvmvDKqkcCvx6KPtY7XQy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84201045 Town meeting : practicing democracy in rural New England / Donald L. Robinson. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011. 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier OldControl:muse9781613760369. Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index. Part I : origins -- Becoming Ashfield -- Baptist troubles -- Governing through a revolution -- Interlude -- Transformation -- Part II : tales of modern governance -- Town hall and town meeting -- Tinkering with the system -- Building a sewer system -- Controlling the police -- Educating children -- Finally, a town common -- Conclusion : implications for democratic practice and theory. Print version record. At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln described government by the people as "the great task remaining before us." Many citizens of modern America, frustrated and disheartened, are tempted to despair of realizing that ideal. Yet, it is a project still alive in parts of New England. This book traces the origins of town-meeting democracy in Ashfield, a community of just under 2,000 people in the foothills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Donald Robinson begins by recounting several crises at the town's founding in the eighteenth century that helped to shape its character. He shows how the town has changed since then and examines how democratic self-government functions in the modern context. The picture is not pretty. Self-government carries no guarantees, and Ashfield is no utopia. Human failings are abundantly on display. Leaders mislead. Citizens don't pay attention and they forget hard-earned lessons. But in this candid account of the operation of democracy in one New England town, Robinson demonstrates that for better and for worse, Ashfield governs itself democratically. Citizens control the actions of their government. Not everyone participates, but all may, and everyone who lives in the town must accept and obey what town meeting decides. "I very much like what Donald Robinson does in this book: he provides a personal account and record of the sorts of issues that a New England town deals with in the modern era and demonstrates why town democracy of this sort is so valuable in generating in citizens the habits and skills necessary to sustain a political system."--John Dinan, author of Keeping the People's Liberties: Legislators, Citizens, and Judges as Guardians of Rights --Book Jacket English. Direct democracy New England History. Political participation New England History. Municipal government New England Citizen participation History. Administration municipale Nouvelle-Angleterre Participation des citoyens Histoire. Participation politique Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire. Démocratie directe Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Direct democracy fast Municipal government Citizen participation fast Political participation fast New England fast History fast has work: Town meeting (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGfTbQQKxX8wy4P8KR3MCP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Robinson, Donald L., 1936- Town meeting. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010044988 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1245296 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Robinson, Donald L., 1936- Town meeting : practicing democracy in rural New England / Part I : origins -- Becoming Ashfield -- Baptist troubles -- Governing through a revolution -- Interlude -- Transformation -- Part II : tales of modern governance -- Town hall and town meeting -- Tinkering with the system -- Building a sewer system -- Controlling the police -- Educating children -- Finally, a town common -- Conclusion : implications for democratic practice and theory. Direct democracy New England History. Political participation New England History. Municipal government New England Citizen participation History. Administration municipale Nouvelle-Angleterre Participation des citoyens Histoire. Participation politique Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire. Démocratie directe Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Direct democracy fast Municipal government Citizen participation fast Political participation fast |
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| topic | Direct democracy New England History. Political participation New England History. Municipal government New England Citizen participation History. Administration municipale Nouvelle-Angleterre Participation des citoyens Histoire. Participation politique Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire. Démocratie directe Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Direct democracy fast Municipal government Citizen participation fast Political participation fast |
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