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The Spirit of Compromise : Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It - Updated Edition / Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Updated edition with a New Preface by the authorsDescription: 1 online resource (304 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691160856
  • 9781400851249
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.60973 23/eng
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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 important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. They urge politicians to focus less on campaigning and more on governing. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the state of compromise in Congress since the book's initial publication.Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest everyone who cares about making government work better for the good of all.
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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

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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 important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. They urge politicians to focus less on campaigning and more on governing. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the state of compromise in Congress since the book's initial publication.Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest everyone who cares about making government work better for the good of all.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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