Community and the Politics of Place

By Daniel Kemmis

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806122277
• ISBN13: 9780806122274
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 160 Pages

Customer Reviews

Required Reading

Required reading for anyone who wonders how America came to be a divided, polarized nation. Kemmis traces the traditions of American political discourse and relates them to current civic debates. Another book that deals with the need for a sense of community is M. Scott Peck's "The Different Drum: Community-Making and Peace," 1987.

Democratization of community politics has arrived.

The book traces the citizens' involvement in government from the Founding Fathers to today's community meeting at the county courthouse. I enjoyed the coverage of Jefferson and Hamilton's debates and the exploration of the citizens' role in government. Through a historical understanding of the structure of our government (which is shown to discourage consensus and promote litigious solutions), the book espouses the benefits of grassroot community-based solutions to societal problems.