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Democracy has long been fetishized. Consequently, how we speak about democracy and what we expect from democratic governance are at odds with practice. With unflinching resolve, this book probes the theory of democracy and how the left and right are fascinated by it.
In this innovative multidisciplinary study, Ralph Cintron ......
Democracy has long been fetishized. Consequently, how we speak about democracy and what we expect from democratic governance is at odds with practice. With unflinching resolve, this book probes the theory of democracy and how the left and right are fascinated by it.
In this innovative multidisciplinary study, Ralph Cintron provides ......
Explores the ways that school board members engage each other to make decisions for their local communities in the United States. Illustrates the perils and promise of local policymaking as people seek to chart a future course for their communities, addressing issues of ideology, scarcity, expertise, and trust.
The commitment to “end welfare as we know it” shaped public policy in the 1990s. Analysts all seemed to agree that public welfare programs were a resounding failure. What should better public care look like?
Democracy, Justice, and the Welfare State sets up a dialogue between work on the ethic of care and ......
Citizen Participation and the Reconstruction of Professional Ethics, Identity, and Practice
Bringing expert knowledge to bear in an open and deliberative way to help solve pressing social problems is a major concern today, when technocratic and bureaucratic decision making often occurs with little or no input from the general public. Albert Dzur proposes an approach he calls “democratic professionalism” to build bridges ......
The Worst Presidential Campaigns from Jefferson to Trump
Explores the use of anti-democratic language in US presidential elections, using examples detailing the political, economic, and cultural elements that make such appeals more likely.
Public Rhetoric and the Making of the "Illegal" Immigrant
In the 1920s, the US government passed legislation against undocumented entry into the country, and as a result the figure of the "illegal alien" took form in the national discourse. In this book, Lisa A. Flores explores the history of our language about Mexican immigrants and exposes how our words made these migrants "illegal." Deportable and ......
