Town Hall Meetings and the Death of Deliberation / Jonathan Beecher Field.
Jonathan Beecher Field tracks the permutations of the town hall meeting from its original context as a form of democratic community governance in New England into a format for presidential debates and a staple of corporate governance. In its contemporary iteration, the town hall meeting models the a...
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Place / Publishing House: | Minneapolis, Minnesota ;, London : : University of Minnesota Press,, 2019. |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Forerunners: Ideas First
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (77 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: This Is What Looks like Democracy; Town Meeting as Democratic Ideal; Town Hall Meeting as Debate Format; Town Hall Meeting as Constituent Service; Town Hall Meeting as Campus Spectacle; Town Hall Meeting as Corporate Event; The Future of the Town Hall Meeting; Conclusion; Acknowledgments