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The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It - Updated Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691160856)
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xWhy compromise is essential for effective government and why it is missing in politics today
To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis--dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. They urge politicians to focus less on campaigning and more on governing. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the state of compromise in Congress since the book's initial publication. Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest everyone who cares about making government work better for the good of all.Author: Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson
ISBN-10: 0691160856
ISBN-13: 9780691160856
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.75w x 0.85d
By Amy Gutmann
xAmy Gutmann is president of the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and professor of communication in the Annenberg School of Communication. Dennis Thompson is the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University. Gutmann and Thompson are coauthors of Why Deliberative Democracy? (Princeton) and Democracy and Disagreement.
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