With the People : An Introduction to an Idea / / David Mathews

• Autore: Mathews David <1803-1880, >
• Pubblicazione: Dayton, OH : , : Kettering Foundation, , [2020]; ©2020
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (47 pages)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetto topico: Democracy
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- About the Author -- Copyright -- The Challenges Facing Our Democracy -- Losing Trust -- A House Divided? -- Democracy Itself Is in Trouble -- Does "Public Engagement" Engage the Public? -- Why Not Try More Governing With? -- A Democratic Strategy -- A With Legacy -- Reciprocity and Complementary Production -- Things Only Citizens Can Do -- What Isn't Being Proposed -- From Doubt to Respect -- Seeing Citizens as Producers -- Developing a Sense of Sovereignty -- Generating Power and Responsibility -- Deliberating to Exercise Sound Judgment -- Using Resources Available to Citizens -- Can Governing Institutions Work With Citizens? -- It Isn't Incompetence -- Bureaucratism and Professionalism -- Differences in Ways of Working -- A Better Alignment -- The Costs of Working With Citizens -- The Benefits -- A Call for Inventors -- Endnotes -- About the Kettering Foundation -- About the Cousins Research Group.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address, and he spoke of an ideal of government, one that is of, by, and for the people. Do Americans today think our government is really "of" the people? That's debatable. "By" the people? Doubtful. "For" the people? Perhaps for some, sometimes. This Cousins Research Group Report, based on the book With: A Strategy for Renewing Our Democracy by David Mathews, suggests trying another preposition--government with the people. It offers a strategy for bridging some of the divide separating the people of the United States from their government and from the country's major institutions. It envisions a form of collaboration that would have institutions working with citizens, not just for them. Such a "with strategy" sees people as creators and producers rather than consumers or clients. It encourages collaboration through mutually reinforcing efforts between the citizenry and the government, and that could have a cumulative effect on the troubles that our democracy faces.About the Kettering FoundationThe Charles F. Kettering Foundation, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, operating foundation rooted in the American tradition of inventive research. Founded in 1927 "to sponsor and carry out scientific research for the benefit of humanity," the foundation is inspired by the innovativeness and ingenuity of its founder, the American inventor Charles F. Kettering. For the past four decades, the foundation's research and programs have focused on the needs of democracy worldwide.
• Titolo autorizzato: With the People
• ISBN: 1-945577-46-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780706303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II