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Two Rivers (Hardcover)
Patrick J Gagnon, Cassandra Gagnon Kronforst
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R652
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The principles and practices of democracy in the twenty-first
century have changed drastically from how they were understood
hundreds and even thousands of years ago. In the world today, we
not only think about democracy differently and practice it
differently, we are also predicting new and distinct futures for
it. On top of this, the origins of democracy have been brought into
question while democratic theory has been picked apart and the
practice of democracy has been presented with new challenges. This
book argues that the result of these changes is a new understanding
of democracy termed 'new democratic theory'. Through interviews
with renowned democratic theorists working today, Ulrich Beck, Noam
Chomsky, John Dryzek, John Dunn, Francis Fukuyama, David Held,
Ramin Jahanbegloo, John Keane, Pierre Rosanvallon, Thomas Seeley,
and Albert Weale, this book provides an in-depth exploration of new
democratic theory. The result is striking with each interview
highlighting new dimensions and changes to our understanding of
democracy.
The concept of democracy is fraught with ambiguity. There are none
who know what democracy means, where it came from or indeed where
it is going despite it being the system of governance that is most
widely heralded for its modernity and promotion of equality. For
example, the theory and principles that underpin democracy are
unimaginably complicated while its institutions across time and
space are contradictory. The stark reality is that democracy is
imprisoned by parochialism, subjectivity and myopia with humanity
being governed by a system that is does not fully understand. If
democracy is everywhere and everyone wants it, then how do we not
know what it means? If we do not know what democracy means, then
why is it forcefully driving our politics and societies? This
extremely ambitious and illuminating book offers a way out by
answering these important questions and by exploring democracy in
its purest form and as such has been nominated for the 2013 Stein
Rokkan Prize.
Evolutionary Basic Democracy has been nominated for the 2013 Stein
Rokkan prize. This extrememly presitgious award is presented by the
International Social Science Council, The University of Bergen and
the European Consortium for Political Research. For more details
please click the link below.
http: //www.worldsocialscience.org/?page_id=78
Democracy has changed considerably in recent years to the extent
that our contemporary understanding differs greatly from long-held
democratic values. In this collection, renowned democratic
theorists from Noam Chomsky to Francis Fukuyama give their thoughts
on 'new democratic theory' and its implications for the study and
practice of democracy.
In 1975 at age 15, Robert Gagnon was sentenced to life in an adult
prison. After 9 1/2 years, he was released and left to tell the
story of his incarceration. Strong sexual and violent content, not
for the sqeamish
What if your professional learning community was available 24 hours
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share lesson plans, student work, a new curriculum, and to provide
a discussion forum for all stakeholders? You can, even with only a
basic understanding of technology. The authors explain how they
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you need to build a successful and motivating professional
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will feel comfortable embracing the ideas presented, and will in
turn encourage other educators to take the leap.
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