Challenges of ordinary democracy
Subtitle: a case study in deliberation and dissent
By: Karen Tracy
Series: Rhetoric and democratic deliberation; Rhetoric and democratic deliberation
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780271036892
Subjects: Public meetings; School boards; Case studies; Deliberative democracy
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-244) and index.