William M. Keith is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

A wonderful book, making visible how early scholarship in Speech drew from and contributed to a larger American discussion about democracy's meaning. To understand the tensions among discussion, debate, and argumentation in American life, Democracy as Discussion is essential reading, as it offers a vision for how to reconnect current group communication scholarship with its normative, civic-minded roots.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Teaching Speech, Teaching DemocracyChapter 3 Origins of Speech PedagogyChapter 4 Contest Debating and Civic PedagogyChapter 5 John Dewey and the Turn to DiscussionPart 6 Teaching DiscussionChapter 7 The First Wave: Discussion Educators EmergeChapter 8 The Second Wave: Discussion Pedagogy Comes of AgeChapter 9 The Demise of DiscussionPart 10 The Forum MovementChapter 11 The Development of the American ForumChapter 12 Adult Education and the Civic MissionChapter 13 The Federal Forum ProjectChapter 14 Conclusion

William M. Keith is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

A wonderful book, making visible how early scholarship in Speech drew from and contributed to a larger American discussion about democracy's meaning. To understand the tensions among discussion, debate, and argumentation in American life, Democracy as Discussion is essential reading, as it offers a vision for how to reconnect current group communication scholarship with its normative, civic-minded roots.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Teaching Speech, Teaching DemocracyChapter 3 Origins of Speech PedagogyChapter 4 Contest Debating and Civic PedagogyChapter 5 John Dewey and the Turn to DiscussionPart 6 Teaching DiscussionChapter 7 The First Wave: Discussion Educators EmergeChapter 8 The Second Wave: Discussion Pedagogy Comes of AgeChapter 9 The Demise of DiscussionPart 10 The Forum MovementChapter 11 The Development of the American ForumChapter 12 Adult Education and the Civic MissionChapter 13 The Federal Forum ProjectChapter 14 Conclusion

William M. Keith is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

A wonderful book, making visible how early scholarship in Speech drew from and contributed to a larger American discussion about democracy's meaning. To understand the tensions among discussion, debate, and argumentation in American life, Democracy as Discussion is essential reading, as it offers a vision for how to reconnect current group communication scholarship with its normative, civic-minded roots.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Teaching Speech, Teaching DemocracyChapter 3 Origins of Speech PedagogyChapter 4 Contest Debating and Civic PedagogyChapter 5 John Dewey and the Turn to DiscussionPart 6 Teaching DiscussionChapter 7 The First Wave: Discussion Educators EmergeChapter 8 The Second Wave: Discussion Pedagogy Comes of AgeChapter 9 The Demise of DiscussionPart 10 The Forum MovementChapter 11 The Development of the American ForumChapter 12 Adult Education and the Civic MissionChapter 13 The Federal Forum ProjectChapter 14 Conclusion