Compromise - Richard K. Laird

Compromise

Reviving the Art (and Science) of the Possible
Buch | Hardcover
392 Seiten
2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-4133-3 (ISBN)
129,65 inkl. MwSt
This book renews an appreciation for the messy but necessary process of compromise, before it becomes irrelevant in an authoritarian system.
The U.S. political system may be getting polarized to the point where it is not only dysfunctional, but could be conducive to a single-party authoritarian transition. This book promotes a renewed appreciation for its exercise, through an examination of its history, an analysis of how and why polarization has increased in the U.S., and how compromise could better serve our approach to some current contentious issues. All of this is within the context of maintaining the priority of education for society-at-large, to improve our chances of finding common ground, pursuing non-zero sum outcomes, and reducing the political paralysis.

Richard K. Laird is an adjunct professor of social and political science at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, and Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY.

Part I: Decline of Compromise

Introduction

Chapter 1: The “Greatest” Compromise

Chapter 2: Three-Fifths – A Lesson in Factions

Chapter 3: The Ongoing Compromise of Federalism

Chapter 4: The 20th Century Glitch

Chapter 5: The Cold War and Decline of Compromise

Part II: Rise of Polarization

Chapter 6: Neo-Polarization

Chapter 7: What Does it Mean to be Conservative?

Chapter 8: Wokism, or Provokism?

Chapter 9: Education, Problems

Chapter 10: Education, Solutions

Part III: Compromising Over…

Chapter 11: Compromising over Abortion

Chapter 12: Guns

Chapter 13: Government

Chapter 14: (Avoiding) Conflict

Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-6669-4133-6 / 1666941336
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-4133-3 / 9781666941333
Zustand Neuware
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