Author

Publication

2010 - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

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Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC379.1/53109788
  • LCCLB2831 .T73 2010

Description

"Analyzes the practice and meanings of democratic decision making through an extended case study of school board meetings in one western U.S. community. Argues that for communication conduct in local governance bodies, reasonable hostility is a more promising ideal than civility"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Topics

DemocracyCase studiesSchool boardsPublic meetingsDeliberative democracyColorado, politics and governmentSchool boards -- Colorado -- Case studies

Places

Genres

  • Case studies

Series Statement

  • Rhetoric and democratic deliberation

Other Editions

  • Challenges of ordinary democracy: a case study in deliberation and dissentPennsylvania State University Press2010-01-01

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