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Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics
Joan Tronto
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Paperback. Series: Brown Democracy Medal. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. Weight in Grams: 57.
The 2015 winner of the Brown Democracy Medal, Joan C. Tronto, argues in Who Cares? that we need to rethink American democracy, as well as our own fundamental values and commitments, from a caring perspective. Asserting that Americans are facing a caring deficit -that there are simply too many demands on our time to care adequately for children, elderly people, and ourselves-she asks us to reconsider how we allocate care responsibilities.At the same time, while democratic politics should help citizens to care better, most people see caring as unsupported by public life and deem the concerns of politics as ... Read more
The 2015 winner of the Brown Democracy Medal, Joan C. Tronto, argues in Who Cares? that we need to rethink American democracy, as well as our own fundamental values and commitments, from a caring perspective. Asserting that Americans are facing a caring deficit -that there are simply too many demands on our time to care adequately for children, elderly people, and ourselves-she asks us to reconsider how we allocate care responsibilities.At the same time, while democratic politics should help citizens to care better, most people see caring as unsupported by public life and deem the concerns of politics as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
60
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Brown Democracy Medal
Condition
New
Weight
72g
Number of Pages
58
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501702747
SKU
V9781501702747
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About Joan Tronto
Joan C. Tronto is Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Caring Democracy: Markets, Equality, and Justice.
Reviews for Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics
The Institute chose to celebrate Joan C. Tronto's work because it forces people to rethink the obligations we have to one another in democratic societies. Modern rhetoric about democracy places due emphasis on personal freedom, but responsibilities can get overlooked. Tronto also stresses that caring for one another is less a burden than a fulfilling act, which reminds us all ... Read more