Compromise - Reviving the Art (And Science) of the Possible

This book renews an appreciation for the messy but necessary process of compromise, before it becomes irrelevant in an authoritarian system.

List of contents

Part I: Decline of Compromise
Introduction
Chapter 1: The "Greatest" Compromise
Chapter 2: Three-Fifths - A Lesson in Factions
Chapter 3: The Ongoing Compromise of Federalism
Chapter 4: The 20th Century Glitch
Chapter 5: The Cold War and Decline of Compromise
Part II: Rise of Polarization
Chapter 6: Neo-Polarization
Chapter 7: What Does it Mean to be Conservative?
Chapter 8: Wokism, or Provokism?
Chapter 9: Education, Problems
Chapter 10: Education, Solutions
Part III: Compromising Over...
Chapter 11: Compromising over Abortion
Chapter 12: Guns
Chapter 13: Government
Chapter 14: (Avoiding) Conflict
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Richard K. Laird is an adjunct professor of social and political science at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, and Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY.

Summary

This book renews an appreciation for the messy but necessary process of compromise, before it becomes irrelevant in an authoritarian system.

Product details

• Authors: Richard K Laird, Richard K. Laird
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9781666941333
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-133-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, United States of America, USA, Political parties and party platforms, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies