Challenges of Ordinary Democracy: A Case Study in Deliberation and Dissent

by Karen Tracy

Book Overview

Is there any place in America where passionate debate plays a more vital role in democratic discourse than local school board meetings? Karen Tracy conducted a thirty-five-month study of the board meetings of the Boulder Valley School District between 1996 and 1999 to analyze just how democracy operates in practice. In Challenges of Ordinary Democracy, she reveals the major role that emotion plays in real-life debate and discerns value in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271036907
• ISBN13: 9780271036908
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"