Voice and judgment : the practice of public politics

Voice and judgment : the practice of public politics / Robert J. Kingston.

"The thousands of citizens who found it potentially useful to discuss issues openly and thoughtfully were "citizens" in a classical sense: members of a community that was civic in that it was defines not merely by its history but by its continuing history, which the community's m...

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Main Author: Kingston, Robert J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dayton, Ohio : Kettering Foundation Press, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Forums (Discussion and debate) > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Politics, Practical > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Citizenship
Democracy
Forums (Discussion and debate)
Political participation
Politics, Practical
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Amidst Values and Interests and#x2026; Finding a Public Voice
  • The Public and Public Policy
  • Hasty Judgments and an Emerging Voice
  • II. Searching for Balance and#x2026; America's Role in the World
  • The Illusory Flight of Hawk and Dove
  • Seeing Ourselves and#x2026; and Our Responsibilities
  • Values, Interests and#x2026; and the "Rights" of Others
  • Commonalities of Concern ... in a New Century
  • The Trace of a Collective Will
  • III. Shared Experience and Collective Understanding ... the Outcomes of Public Deliberation
  • The Modes of Public Politics
  • Framing a Public Purpose ... the Immigration "Problem"
  • Fixing a Direction ... the Energy "Problem"
  • A Deliberative Political Culture
  • IV. Facing the Odds and#x2026; When Knowing What We Like is not Enough
  • The Citizens' Challenge-and the Government's?
  • Disagreement, Compromise and#x2026; or Understanding
  • The Political Import of Public Thought
  • V. Deliberative Communities and#x2026; the Persistence of Popular Will
  • Deliberative Learning, Common Trust, and Individual Need
  • Public Education and#x2026; the Problems We Live With
  • A Community's Problem and#x2026; Leaving People Behind
  • The Community, Practicing Politics
  • VI. Reclaiming the Public Role
  • Voice and Judgment
  • Reflection and#x2026; and Experience
  • Coming to Knowing
  • Acknowledgements and#x2026; and a Note on the Sources
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author.

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