We Must Not Be Enemies - Restoring America''s Civic Tradition

Democracy requires citizens who can argue as friends. Disagreement drives our democratic processes, but outrage and enmity degrade the civic fabric that enables us to govern ourselves. We Must Not Be Enemies explores the American tradition of civic debate and argues that the health of our democracy requires that we work to recover this tradition

About the author

By Michael Austin

Summary

Democracy requires citizens who can argue as friends. Disagreement drives our democratic processes, but outrage and enmity degrade the civic fabric that enables us to govern ourselves. We Must Not Be Enemies explores the American tradition of civic debate and argues that the health of our democracy requires that we work to recover this tradition

Product details

• Authors: Michael Austin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781538121252
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2125-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship