Restoring America's Failed Democracy: New Roles for the Elite College

By Louis Tomlinson Bénézet and Louis T. Benezet

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963518542
• ISBN13: 9780963518545
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Higganum Hill Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

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Highly recommended for political science reading lists

Restoring America's Failed Democracy: New Roles For The Elite College begins with a scathing criticism of past presidential leadership of the nation as Louis Benezet recounts his personal experiences within the political and educational culture of our society. Benezet documents in detail that contemporary American society is drastically divided between the 1% wealthy and powerful; 20% relatively comfortable middle class; and 79% who live lives of quiet desperation. Benezet makes a compelling case that the only way American democracy can survive is to train political and cultural leaders who have both knowledge of, and concern for, all the people of America and advocates that a coherent plan for organizing elite colleges along intercultural and multicultural models is the surest way to obtain that future leadership. Highly recommended for political science reading lists and school/community library collections, Restoring America's Failed Democracy is important, thought-provoking, challenging, and occasionally inspired reading.

Honest and authoritative

The following review appeared on Page 4 of the November 2000 issue of:WISCONSIN BOOKWATCHRestoring America's Failed Democracy Louis T. Benezet Higganum Hill BooksRestoring America's Failed Democracy: New Roles For The Elite College begins with a scathing criticism of past presidential leadership of the nation as Louis Benezet recounts his personal experiences within the political and educational culture of our society. Benezet documents in detail that contemporary American society is drastically divided between the 1% wealthy and powerful; 20% relatively comfortable middle class; and 79% who live lives of quiet desperationion. Benezet rnakes a compelling case that the only way Amencan democracy can survive is to train political and cultural leaders who have both knowledge of, and concern for, all the people of America and advocates that a coherent plan for organizing elite colleges along intercultural and multicultural models is the surest way to obtain that future leardership. Highly recommended for political science reading lists and school/community library collections, Restoring America's Failed Democracy is important, thought-provoking, chalIenging, and occasionally inspired reading.