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Democracy in Our America
Can We Still Govern Ourselves?
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English
Published/Copyright:
2023
About this book
One of America’s most distinguished political theorists examines what happens when national politics enters a small New England town
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Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. He lives in Killingworth, CT.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Preface: Political Theory and Political Practice Today
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Acknowledgments
xv - Part one. Two communities, one problem
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1 A Constitutional Coup
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2 Killingworth Copes
31 - Part two. Democratic participation and civil society
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3 Self-Government as Volunteering
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4 Civil Society: Democracy and Authority
100 - Part three. Public opinion nationalizes and divides
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5 Talking to Each Other
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6 Killingworth Disrupted
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7 What Can Be Done?
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NOTES
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INDEX
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