Democracy's edge : choosing to save our country by bringing democracy to life / Frances Moore Lappé ; with the assistance of Rachel Burton, Anna Lappé, and Hope Richardson.
2006
JK1726 .L36 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Democracy's edge : choosing to save our country by bringing democracy to life / Frances Moore Lappé ; with the assistance of Rachel Burton, Anna Lappé, and Hope Richardson.
Author
Lappé, Frances Moore.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0787943118 (alk. paper)
9780787943110 (alk. paper)
9780787943110 (alk. paper)
Imprint
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2006.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 471 pages ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
9780787943110
Call Number
JK1726 .L36 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.973
Summary
"Democracy's Edge is a rousing battle cry that we can - and must - act now. From Jefferson to Eisenhower, presidents from both parties have warned us of the danger of letting a closed, narrow group of business and government officials concentrate power over our lives. Yet today, a small and unrepresentative group of people is making vital decisions for all of us." "But this crisis is only a symptom, Frances Moore Lappe argues. It's a symptom of thin democracy, something done to us or for us, not by or with us. Such democracy is always at risk of being stolen by private interests or extremist groups, left and right."
"But there is a solution. The answer, says Lappe is Living Democracy, a powerful yet often invisible citizens' revolution surging in communities across America. It's not random, disjointed activism but the emergence of a new historical stage of democracy in which Americans realize that democracy isn't something we have but something we do. Either we live it or lose it, says Lappe."--Jacket.
"But there is a solution. The answer, says Lappe is Living Democracy, a powerful yet often invisible citizens' revolution surging in communities across America. It's not random, disjointed activism but the emergence of a new historical stage of democracy in which Americans realize that democracy isn't something we have but something we do. Either we live it or lose it, says Lappe."--Jacket.
Note
"But there is a solution. The answer, says Lappe is Living Democracy, a powerful yet often invisible citizens' revolution surging in communities across America. It's not random, disjointed activism but the emergence of a new historical stage of democracy in which Americans realize that democracy isn't something we have but something we do. Either we live it or lose it, says Lappe."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-449) and index.
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Table of Contents
The frame
The long arc
Power is not a four-letter word
Democracy growing up
Our coat
The elephant
Democracy as a verb
Attention
Action
Choice
Voice
Democracy in our bones
Learning
Security
The invitation
Two frames for democracy
Toward a language of democracy.
The long arc
Power is not a four-letter word
Democracy growing up
Our coat
The elephant
Democracy as a verb
Attention
Action
Choice
Voice
Democracy in our bones
Learning
Security
The invitation
Two frames for democracy
Toward a language of democracy.