The Spirit of Compromise : : Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It - Updated Edition / / Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson.
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...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
TeilnehmendeR: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Updated edition with a New Preface by the authors |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Introduction
- 1. Valuing Compromise
- 2. Resisting Compromise
- 3. Seeking Compromise
- 4. Campaigning V. Governing
- 5. Governing with Campaigning
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index