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Author:   Judith Rodin ,  Stephen P. Steinberg
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9780812237412

ISBN 10:   0812237412
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   27 August 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Prologue: The Work of the Penn National Commission -Judith Rodin Introduction: Incivility and Public Discourse -Judith Rodin and Stephen P. Steinberg PART ONE. PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DEMOCRACY 1. The Thinning of American Political Culture -Thomas Bender 2. Primary Tensions in American Public Life -Robert H. Wiebe 3. Deliberative Democracy and Public Discourse -David M. Ryfe PART TWO. CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE: TALKING ABOUT RACE 4. Affirmative Action and the Culture of Intolerance -Christopher Edley, Jr 5. The North American -Richard Rodriguez 6. Sports and Public Behavior -Richard Lapchick 7. Performance, Debate, or Productive Conversation? Imagining an Exemplary Conversation on Race -Drew Gilpin Faust and Members of the Penn National Commission PART THREE. LEADING THE PUBLIC'S CONVERSATION: STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE LEADERSHIP 8. Leadership in a Complex Democratic Society -Michael Schudson 9. Political Leadership in the Great Health Care Debate of 1993-1994 -Derek Bok 10. Part of Our World: Journalism as Civic Leadership -Jay Rosen 11. Modeling Public Discourse in Popular Culture -Neal Gabler PART FOUR: DISCOURSE OF RECONCILIATION: TRUTH, APOLOGY, AND FORGIVENESS 12. Creating a National Discourse: Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa -Alex Boraine 13. Political Apologies and Public Discourse -Graham G. Dodds PART FIVE: Thickening Public Discourse: Principles and Practices 14. The Principles of Public Discourse: What Is Good Public Discourse? -David M. Ryfe 15. A Paradox of Public Discourse and Political Democracy -Neil Smelser 16. The Practice of Public Discourse: A Study of Sixteen Discourse Organizations -David M. Ryfe 17. Lessons from the Field: Practitioner Perspectives on Public Discourse Programs -Jay Rosen and Members of the Penn National Commission PART SIX: CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC DISCOURSE 18. Building Community in the Twenty-First Century -Joyce Appleby 19. The Myth of Academic Community -Don M. Randel 20. The University as Discourse Community -Judith Rodin 21. Creating Community in Cyberspace: Criteria for a Discourse Technology Project -Stephen P. Steinberg Epilogue: The Centrality of Public Discourse -Stephen P. Steinberg Notes Contributors Bibliography Index Members of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture and Community Acknowledgments

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Is civility declining in American public life? Are we arguing in a 'reasoned and reasonable' manner? An exaltation of scholars and public figures offer their views. -Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer Every citizen who despairs over the self-serving deals and senseless sound bites that dominate our democracy should read Public Discourse in America. Judith Rodin and Stephen Steinberg have done us all a civic service by assembling a set of essays by eminent scholars that not only issue a powerful warning against secrecy, deception, and incivility but also offer important practical suggestions for how we might develop a more deliberative democracy. These thoroughly accessible essays could not be more timely. -Amy Gutmann, author of Identity in Democracy Substantively illuminating, this book casts new light on a range of important issues. Highly recommended. -Cass R. Sunstein

""Is civility declining in American public life? Are we arguing in a 'reasoned and reasonable' manner? An exaltation of scholars and public figures offer their views.""--Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer ""Every citizen who despairs over the self-serving deals and senseless sound bites that dominate our democracy should read Public Discourse in America. Judith Rodin and Stephen Steinberg have done us all a civic service by assembling a set of essays by eminent scholars that not only issue a powerful warning against secrecy, deception, and incivility but also offer important practical suggestions for how we might develop a more deliberative democracy. These thoroughly accessible essays could not be more timely.""--Amy Gutmann, author of Identity in Democracy ""Substantively illuminating, this book casts new light on a range of important issues. Highly recommended.""--Cass R. Sunstein

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Judith Rodin is President of the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen P. Steinberg is Executive Director of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture, and Community.

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