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UNINA9910462803303321 |
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Autore |
Dalzell Robert F |
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The good rich and what they cost us [[electronic resource] /] / Robert F. Dalzell, Jr |
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New Haven, Conn., : Yale University Press, c2013 |
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0-300-18888-9 |
1-283-90654-6 |
0-300-17559-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Wealth - United States - History |
Rich people - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Paradox -- Robert Keayne's contract with Boston -- George Washington, revolutionary -- The brothers Lawrence -- Rich as Rockefeller legacies -- Heirs -- Successors -- Wealth and American democracy -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and sources -- Index. |
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This timely book holds up for scrutiny a great paradox at the core of the American Dream: a passionate belief in the principle of democracy combined with an equally passionate celebration of the creation of wealth. Americans treasure an open, equal society, yet we also admire those fortunate few who amass riches on a scale that undermines social equality. In today's era of "vulture capitalist" hedge fund managers, internet fortunes, and a growing concern over inequality in American life, should we cling to both parts of the paradox? Can we? To understand the problems that vast individual fortunes pose for democratic values, Robert Dalzell turns to American history. He presents an intriguing cast of wealthy individuals from colonial times to the present, including George Washington, one of the richest Americans of his day, the "robber baron" John D. Rockefeller, and Oprah Winfrey, for whom extreme wealth is inextricably tied to social concerns. Dalzell uncovers the sources of contradictory attitudes |
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toward the rich, how the very rich have sought to be perceived as "good rich," and the facts behind the widespread notion that wealth and generosity go hand in hand. In a thoughtful and balanced conclusion, the author explores the cost of our longstanding attitudes toward the rich. Among the case studies in America's Good Rich: Puritan merchant Robert Keayne George Washington Manufacturers Amos & Abbot Lawrence Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Bill Gates Warren Buffet Steve Jobs Oprah Winfrey |
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UNINA9910623983703321 |
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Autore |
Geissel Brigitte |
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The future of self-governing, thriving democracies : democratic innovations by, with and for the people / / Brigitte Geissel |
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London : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2023 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) |
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Introduction: A Visionary Thriving Democracy -- Citizens decide on how they govern themselves -- Citizens monitor continuous adaption -- Citizens' will-formation is tightly connected to decision-making -- Self-governing: citizens' preferences and competencies -- No established practice suffices to realizing self-governing -- No existing experiment suffices to realizing self-governing -- Practices for will-formation and decision-making -- Procedures connecting will-formation and decision-making -- Novel public agencies and legal norms -- Conclusion: Thriving Democracies : our future. |
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"This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves. Innovatively building on and integrating components of representative, deliberative and participatory theories of democracy with empirical findings, the book provides practices and |
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procedures that support communities of all sizes to develop their own visions of democracy. It re-vitalizes and re-infuses the 'democratic spirit' going back to the roots of democracy as an endeavour by, with and for the people, and should inspire us in our search for the democracy we want to live in. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students in democracy, democratic innovations, deliberation, civic education, and governance and further for policy-makers, civil society groups and activists. It encourages us to reshape democracy based on citizens' perspectives, aspirations, and preferences"-- Provided by publisher. |
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