Democracy and excellence
Subtitle: concord or conflict?
By: edited by Joseph Romance and Neal Riemer ; foreword by William B. Rogers.
Contributors: Romance, Joseph, 1966-; Riemer, Neal, 1922-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Democracy.; Excellence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-155) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the problem of reconciling democracy and excellence / Neil Riemer; title: Thucydides : democracy and chaos / Glenn Tinder; title: Equality and excellence in American religion / Edward LeRoy Long, Jr.; title: Minstrels, kings, and citizens : Mark Twain's political thought / Wilson Carey McWilliams; title: Ordinary virtue / Patrick J. Deneen; title: The search for a competent public : the Hutchins Commission and post-World War II democratic possibilities / Brett Gary; title: Democratic excellence and amibition in American politics : a study of Tocqueville and Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Jeffrey Becker; title: The dangerous allure of excellence / Joseph Romance.