The Spirit of Compromise : Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It.
Material type: TextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400841639Subject(s): Compromise (Ethics) -- United States | Consensus (Social sciences) -- United States | Decision making -- United States | Democracy -- United States | Political planning -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Spirit of Compromise : Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines ItDDC classification: 320.60973 LOC classification: JK468.P64.G87 2012ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- INTRODUCTION -- Two Compromises -- Characteristics of Compromise -- Mindsets of Compromise -- 1: VALUING COMPROMISE -- Costs of Not Compromising -- Vulnerabilities of Compromise -- Limits of Compromise -- Limits of History -- 2: RESISTING COMPROMISE -- The Makeup of Mindsets -- Principled Tenacity -- Mutual Mistrust -- Uncompromising Multiplied -- 3: SEEKING COMPROMISE -- Principled Prudence -- Mutual Respect -- Economizing on Disagreement -- A Moment of Compromise -- Compromising in an Uncompromising Time -- 4: CAMPAIGNING V. GOVERNING -- Requisites of Campaigning -- Two Conceptions of Democracy -- Campaigns without End -- 5: GOVERNING WITH CAMPAIGNING -- Space for Governing -- Term Time -- Time Is Money -- Primary Pressures -- More Participation? -- Minding the Media -- Strengthening Civic Education -- CONCLUSION -- The Uses of Mindsets -- Doubts about Compromise -- The Dilemma of Reform -- The Support of Citizens -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis-dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. They urge politicians to focus less on campaigning and more on governing. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the state of compromise in Congress since the book's initial publication. Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest everyone who cares about making government work better for the good of all.
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