Format:
Online-Ressource (332 p.)
ISBN:
9780226077963
Series Statement:
American Politics and Political Economy
Content:
Relying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet in face-to-face assemblies, debate the issues on the agenda, and vote on them. And although these meetings are natural laboratories for democracy, very few scholars have systematically investigated them.A nationally recognized expert on this topic, Bryan has now done just that. Studying 1,500 town m
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Preface: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Democrat; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Methodology of Starting from Scratch; 2. Town Meeting: An American Conversation; 3. Democracy as Public Presence: Walking the Bounds; 4. Attendance: The Architecture of Governance; 5. Attendance: The Context of Community; 6. Democracy as Public Talk: Walking the Bounds; 7. Democracy as Public Talk: Exploring the Contexts; 8. The Question of Equality: Women's Presence; 9. The Question of Equality: Women's Participation; 10. If You Build It, Let Them Play
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11. The Best Democracy, the Worst Democracy12. Conclusion: A Lovers' Quarrel; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226077987
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226077963
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Real Democracy : The New England Town Meeting and How It Works
Language:
English
Keywords:
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