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Demanding Democracy: American Radicals in Search of a New Politics
Marc Stears
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Description for Demanding Democracy: American Radicals in Search of a New Politics
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
This is a major work of history and political theory that traces radical democratic thought in America across the twentieth century, seeking to recover ideas that could reenergize democratic activism today. The question of how citizens should behave as they struggle to create a more democratic society has haunted the United States throughout its history. Should citizens restrict themselves to patient persuasion or take to the streets and seek to impose change? Marc Stears argues that anyone who continues to wrestle with these questions could learn from the radical democratic tradition that was forged in the twentieth century by political ... Read more
This is a major work of history and political theory that traces radical democratic thought in America across the twentieth century, seeking to recover ideas that could reenergize democratic activism today. The question of how citizens should behave as they struggle to create a more democratic society has haunted the United States throughout its history. Should citizens restrict themselves to patient persuasion or take to the streets and seek to impose change? Marc Stears argues that anyone who continues to wrestle with these questions could learn from the radical democratic tradition that was forged in the twentieth century by political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691157900
SKU
V9780691157900
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About Marc Stears
Marc Stears is professor of political theory, university lecturer, and fellow at University College, Oxford. He is the author of Progressives, Pluralists and the Problems of the State and the coeditor of Political Theory: Methods and Approaches.
Reviews for Demanding Democracy: American Radicals in Search of a New Politics
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 "This is an excellent, evocative book examining often-ignored possibilities for American democracy. It adds richness and depth to analysis of American political thought and to continuing debate about the nature, content, and purpose of democracy."
Choice "[T]he book provides a fine primer on democratic theory in twentieth century America... [It] also offers a ... Read more
Choice "[T]he book provides a fine primer on democratic theory in twentieth century America... [It] also offers a ... Read more