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Title: Beyond Adversary Democracy by Jane J. Mansbridge ISBN: 0-226-50355-0 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Political Science and Theory
Comment: There remains a strong divide in the study of politics between people who consider themselves political scientists and political theorists. When Mansbridge's book first came out, it was praised for demonstrating that one can do both. And the praise is deserved.
The book focusses on two communities. The first, a small town in the Northeast, exemplifies town hall democracy. The second, an organization committed to providing various kinds of community help, exemplifies early seventies' attempts to have completely egalitarian organizations.
Mansbridge mentions that she included both because she had intended to contrast an adversarial democracy (the town meeting) with a unitary democracy (the help line), but that her data complicated the neat dichotomy. Mansbridge observed each community trying to resolve a difficult conflict, and she interviewed various members.
The book is rich, and I have found it very useful for thinking about why Americans have so much trouble imagining that discursive conflict might be a good thing. Mansbridge has beautiful quotes from people describing their discomfort with argument, and I think she's right to draw some general conclusions from them.
Although I'm not a political theorist, I found the book intelligent and intelligible, and I highly recommend it to someone who is interested in conflict within organizations.
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Title: The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter ISBN: 0394700953 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 February, 1960 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice by William H. Riker ISBN: 0881333670 Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: July, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The System by Haynes Johnson, David Broder ISBN: 0316111457 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States by James L. Sundquist ISBN: 081578225X Publisher: The Brookings Institution Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money by David S. Broder ISBN: 0156014106 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 21 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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