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Sustaining democracy what we owe to the other side

"Democracy is hard work. It can flourish only when citizens actively participate in the business of collective self-government. Yet political participation gives rise to deep political divides over core political values. In the midst of these divisions, citizens are required to recognize one another...

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Main Author: Talisse, Robert B. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Democracy.
Citizenship.
Political participation.
Opposition (Political science)
Equality.
Polarization (Social sciences) > Political aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Big Picture
  • 1. Common Ground and Its Erosion
  • 2. Is Democracy Self-.Defeating?
  • 3. Sustaining Democracy and Overdoing Democracy
  • 4. Final Preliminaries
  • 1. Democracy as a Society of Equals
  • 1. Democracy as a Moral Idea
  • 2. Democracy as an Ethos
  • 2.1. Duties of Citizenship
  • 2.2. Virtues of Citizenship
  • 2.3. Fitting the Pieces Together
  • 3. Democracy as a Practical Ideal
  • 4. The Generality of the Account
  • 2. Why Sustain Democracy?
  • 1. Seeing the Dilemma from the Inside
  • 2. Persistent Political Disagreement
  • 2.1. Good-.Faith Political Disagreement
  • 2.2. Limits to Good-.Faith Political Disagreement
  • 2.3. The Dilemma Restated
  • 3. The Burden of Citizenship
  • 4. Addressing the Citizen
  • 3. The Polarization Dynamic
  • 1. Political Polarization
  • 1.1. Three Sites of Political Polarization
  • 1.2. The Three Sites as Mutually Reinforcing
  • 2. Belief Polarization
  • 2.1. Examples of Belief Polarization
  • 2.2. Thinking in Groups
  • 2.3. How Belief Polarization Works
  • 2.4. Belief Polarization and the Stadium
  • 2.5. Polarization as a Dynamic
  • 3. Polarization Among Allies
  • 3.1. Love Your Political Enemies?
  • 3.2. Fractured Allegiances
  • 4. The Dilemma Resolved: Why Sustain Democracy
  • 4. How Can We Sustain Democracy?
  • 1. The Depth of Political Identity
  • 1.1. Some Experimental Findings
  • 1.2. Political Identity as a Way of Seeing the World
  • 2. The Facilitated Democracy Approach
  • 3. How to Sustain Democracy
  • 3.1. What Sustaining Democracy Does Not Require
  • 3.2. Sustaining Democracy Within
  • 3.3. The Importance of Political Distance
  • 4. Conclusion 5058 Epilogue: Living Together as Equals
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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