Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic.

Summary: Deliberation, in recent years, has emerged as a form of civic engagement worth reclaiming. In this persuasive book, Sandra M. Gustafson combines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that current democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. Though the U.S. Constitution made deliberation central to republican self-governance, the ethical emphasis on group deliberation often conflicted with the rhetorical focus on persuasive speech. From Alexis de Tocqueville's ideas about the deliberativ.

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ISBN: 9786613362575
ISBN: 9781283362573
ISBN: 9780226311302
ISBN: 9780226311296
ISBN: 6613362573
ISBN: 1283362570
ISBN: 0226311309
ISBN: 0226311295
Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 pages)
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Publisher: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Deliberation: A Very Breif History; 2. Modern Republicanism in the Atlantic World; 3. Models of Ancient Eloquence; 4. The Politics and Aesthetics of Deliberation; 5. Prophesying the Multiracial Republic; 6. Deliberative Fictions; 7. How to Read Deliberatively; Conclusion: Deliberative Democracy Past and Future; Notes; Index.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.