Bücher von Benjamin R. Barber

Ideas and the presidency flirt with each other, but can they really get along?

Argues for participatory democracy without dependence on abstract metaphysical foundations, and stresses the relationship among democracy and civil society, civic education and culture. This book is divided into sections including 'American Theory: Democracy, Liberalism, and Rights' and 'American Practice: Leadership, Citizenship, and Censorship'.

"Fear's Empire lays the foundation for a principled opposition based on America's truest and best values."--Senator Gary Hart