Democracy's Edge (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
492
Utgivningsdatum
2012-04-28
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1
Förlag
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Medarbetare
Lappe
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 25 mm
Vikt
654 g
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1
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23:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781118437063

Democracy's Edge

Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life

av Frances Moore Lappe
Häftad,  Engelska, 2012-04-28
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Three out of five Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, feel our country is headed in the wrong direction. America is at the edge, a critical place at which we can either renew and revitalize or give in and lose that most precious American ideal--democracy--and along with it the freedom, fairness, and opportunities it assures. Democracy's Edge is a rousing battle cry that we can--and must--act now. From Jefferson to Eisenhower, presidents from both parties have warned us of the danger of letting a closed, narrow group of business and government officials concentrate power over our lives. Yet today, a small and unrepresentative group of people is making vital decisions for all of us. But this crisis is only a symptom, Lappe argues. It's a symptom of thin democracy, something done to us or for us, not by or with us. Such democracy is always at risk of being stolen by private interests or extremist groups, left and right. But there is a solution. The answer, says Lappe, is Living Democracy, a powerful yet often invisible citizens' revolution surging in communities across America. It's not random, disjointed activism but the emergence of a new historical stage of democracy in which Americans realize that democracy isn't something we have but something we do. Either we live it or lose it, says Lappe.
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Frances Moore Lappe, author of fifteen books, has received seventeen honorary doctorates and was the fourth American to receive the Right Livelihood Award, called the Alternative Nobel Prize. She is cofounder of Food First, the American News Service, and the Small Planet Institute, www.smallplanetinstitute.org.

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Acknowledgments ix The Path xi PART ONE Living on Democracy's Edge 1 Our journey to the edge and the forces making possible an invisible revolution of hope 1. The Frame 3 2. The Long Arc 13 3. Power Is Not a Four-Letter Word 29 PART TWO Democracy Growing Up 49 Outgrowing four beliefs that stymie us and discovering that power, even corporate power, isn't so stuck after all 4. Our Coat 51 5. The Elephant 77 PART THREE Democracy as a Verb 109 It's not what we have, it's what we do. Americans seize the rewards of self-direction 6. Attention 111 7. Action 151 8. Choice 183 9. Voice 219 PART FOUR Democracy in Our Bones 249 Americans create a culture of empowered, connected people 10. Learning 251 11. Security 277 12. The Invitation 309 Two Frames for Democracy 319 Toward a Language of Democracy 321 Notes 325 Entry Points for Living Democracy 405 The Author 451 Index 453

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