Lappe, Frances Moore
Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life
But this crisis is only a symptom, Lappé argues. It’s a symptom of thin democracy, something done to us or for us, not by or with us. Such democracy is always at risk of being stolen by private interests or extremist groups, left and right. But there is a solution. The answer, says Lappé, is Living Democracy, a powerful yet often invisible citizens’ revolution surging in communities across America. It’s not random, disjointed activism but the emergence of a new historical stage of democracy in which Americans realize that democracy isn’t something we have but something we do. Either we live it or lose it, says Lappé.
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy POL007000
- Author(s)
- Lappe, Frances Moore
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2005
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 275 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780787983352
- Printed ISBN
- 9780787943110