Real Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Real Democracy write by Frank M. Bryan. This book was released on 2010-03-15. Real Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 meetings in his home state of Vermont, he and his students recorded a staggering amount of data about them—238,603 acts of participation by 63,140 citizens in 210 different towns. Drawing on this evidence as well as on evocative "witness" accounts—from casual observers to no lesser a light than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn—Bryan paints a vivid picture of how real democracy works. Among the many fascinating questions he explores: why attendance varies sharply with town size, how citizens resolve conflicts in open forums, and how men and women behave differently in town meetings. In the end, Bryan interprets this brand of local government to find evidence for its considerable staying power as the most authentic and meaningful form of direct democracy. Giving us a rare glimpse into how democracy works in the real world, Bryan presents here an unorthodox and definitive book on this most cherished of American institutions.
Democracy, Real and Ideal
Democracy, Real and Ideal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy, Real and Ideal write by Ricardo Blaug. This book was released on 1999-03-18. Democracy, Real and Ideal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. By focusing the various difficulties encountered in applying theory to practical concerns, this book explores the reasons for the absence of a radical politics in Habermas's work. In doing so, it shows that certain political implications of the theory remain unexplored. The book articulates a unique application of Habermasian theory, the actual functioning of decision-making groups, the nature of deliberative interaction, and the kinds of judgments participants must make if they are to preserve their democratic process.
The Real World of Democratic Theory
The Real World of Democratic Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Real World of Democratic Theory write by Ian Shapiro. This book was released on 2010-11-22. The Real World of Democratic Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book Ian Shapiro develops and extends arguments that have established him as one of today's leading democratic theorists. Shapiro is hardheaded about the realities of politics and power, and the difficulties of fighting injustice and oppression. Yet he makes a compelling case that democracy's legitimacy depends on pressing it into the service of resisting domination, and that democratic theorists must rise to the occasion of fashioning the necessary tools. That vital agenda motivates the arguments of this book. Tracing modern democracy's roots to John Locke and the American founders, Shapiro shows that they saw more deeply into the dynamics of democratic politics than have many of their successors. Drawing on Lockean and Madisonian insights, Shapiro evaluates democracy's changing global fortunes over the past two decades. He also shows how elusive democracy can be by exploring the contrast between its successful establishment in South Africa and its failures elsewhere--particularly the Middle East. Shapiro spells out the implications of his account for long-standing debates about public opinion, judicial review, abortion, and inherited wealth--as well as more recent preoccupations with globalization, national security, and international terrorism. Scholars, students, and democratic activists will all learn from Shapiro's trenchant account of democracy's foundations, its history, and its contemporary challenges. They will also find his distinctive democratic vision both illuminating and appealing.
What Is Real Democracy?
What Is Real Democracy? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Is Real Democracy? write by Karl Heinzen. This book was released on 1871. What Is Real Democracy? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism
‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook ‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism write by Alexandros Chrysis. This book was released on 2017-12-10. ‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book constitutes a critical intervention in the theoretical discussion over the political relationship between democracy and communism. Shedding light on the philosophical origins of the democracy debate, it draws a clear demarcation line between liberalism and republicanism, arguing that after rejecting the former and supporting the latter, the young Marx endorsed 'true democracy' as a prelude to his forthcoming theory of communism. To this end, while following the dynamics of the Marxian history of political ideas and pre-communist theory of the state, the book takes into account the thought of a vast range of philosophers and political theorists, starting from the Ancient times (Aristotle), passing through the Age of Enlightenment (Spinoza, Rousseau), the German Idealist tradition (Hegel) the Young Hegelians’ Republicanism (Bauer, Ruge, Feuerbach), and reaching our own times (Arendt, Colletti, MacPherson, Castoriadis, Poulantzas). It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the history of political thought, theories of democracy, and Marxism.
