LEADER 00947nam a2200265 i 4500 001 991000861019707536 005 20020507102433.0 008 940611s1979 ||| ||| | eng 020 $a0070850089 035 $ab10139850-39ule_inst 035 $aLE00638131$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Fisica$bita 084 $a510.30 100 1 $aAhlfors, Lars Valerian$021 245 10$aComplex analysis :$ban introduction to the theory of analytic functions of one complex variable /$cLars V. Ahlfors 250 $a3rd ed. 260 $aSingapore :$bMcGraw-Hill Book Co.,$c1979 300 $a331 p. :$b21 cm. 650 4$aAnalytic functions 907 $a.b10139850$b21-09-06$c27-06-02 912 $a991000861019707536 945 $aLE006 510.30+510.31 AHL$g1$i2006000020770$lle006$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u6$v0$w6$x0$y.i10166051$z27-06-02 996 $aComplex analysis$979517 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$b01-01-94$cm$da $e-$feng$gxx $h0$i1 LEADER 04701nam 22006974a 450 001 9910792347103321 005 20230501175934.0 010 $a1-282-53829-2 010 $a9786612538292 010 $a0-226-07798-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226077987 035 $a(CKB)2670000000015068 035 $a(EBL)515736 035 $a(OCoLC)609863540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365044 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12132499 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365044 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10402749 035 $a(PQKB)10943131 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515736 035 $a(DE-B1597)524047 035 $a(OCoLC)746883510 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226077987 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10381173 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253829 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000015068 100 $a20030410d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReal democracy $ethe New England town meeting and how it works /$fFrank M. Bryan 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Chicago Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (332 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aAmerican politics and political economy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-07796-9 311 0 $a0-226-07797-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Democrat --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: The Methodology of Starting from Scratch --$t2. Town Meeting: An American Conversation --$t3. Democracy as Public Presence: Walking the Bounds --$t4. Attendance: The Architecture of Governance --$t5. Attendance: The Context of Community --$t6. Democracy as Public Talk: Walking the Bounds --$t7. Democracy as Public Talk: Exploring the Contexts --$t8. The Question of Equality: Women's Presence --$t9. The Question of Equality: Women's Participation --$t10. If You Build It, Let Them Play --$t11. The Best Democracy, the Worst Democracy --$t12. Conclusion: A Lovers' Quarrel --$tIndex 330 $aRelying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet in face-to-face assemblies, debate the issues on the agenda, and vote on them. And although these meetings are natural laboratories for democracy, very few scholars have systematically investigated them. A nationally recognized expert on this topic, Bryan has now done just that. Studying 1,500 town meetings in his home state of Vermont, he and his students recorded a staggering amount of data about them-238,603 acts of participation by 63,140 citizens in 210 different towns. Drawing on this evidence as well as on evocative "witness" accounts-from casual observers to no lesser a light than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn-Bryan paints a vivid picture of how real democracy works. Among the many fascinating questions he explores: why attendance varies sharply with town size, how citizens resolve conflicts in open forums, and how men and women behave differently in town meetings. In the end, Bryan interprets this brand of local government to find evidence for its considerable staying power as the most authentic and meaningful form of direct democracy. Giving us a rare glimpse into how democracy works in the real world, Bryan presents here an unorthodox and definitive book on this most cherished of American institutions. 410 0$aAmerican politics and political economy. 606 $aLocal government$zNew England 606 $aDemocracy$zNew England 606 $aPolitical participation$zNew England 610 $agovernment, democratic, new england, meeting, town, political science, poli sci, politics, small, local, research, fieldwork, academic, scholarly, textbook, college, university, higher ed, america, american, united states, usa, citizens, legislator, legislation, assembly, agenda, vermont, east coast, data, northeast, evidence, witness, questions, answers, direct, governance. 615 0$aLocal government 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a320.8/5/0974 700 $aBryan$b Frank M$098478 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792347103321 996 $aReal democracy$93810086 997 $aUNINA