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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin R. BarberPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 19.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780691050249ISBN 10: 0691050244 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 02 April 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsBarber opens up the way for reexamining just what our role must be in the cause of Democracy. A stunning and sobering look at civil society at the century's end. -- Virginia Quarterly Review Overall, the work is typical Barber: well written, conceptually fascinating, and astutely relevant. -- Choice Enlightening... Politicians and history teachers, citizens even, would be wise to pick up this collection. -- Kathleen Daley, Newark Star-Ledger The essays in A Passion for Democracy offer nuggets of keen historical insight and every so often connect with a sharp dart to the complacent regions of liberal capitalism... It doesn't hurt that, in an arena in which turgid, jargon-ridden prose is the rule, Barber can spin a phrase with the dexterity of Derek Jeter turning a double-play at second base. -- Loren Lomasky, Reason Barber opens up the way for reexamining just what our role must be in the cause of Democracy. A stunning and sobering look at civil society at the century's end. Virginia Quarterly Review Overall, the work is typical Barber: well written, conceptually fascinating, and astutely relevant. Choice Enlightening... Politicians and history teachers, citizens even, would be wise to pick up this collection. -- Kathleen Daley Newark Star-Ledger The essays in A Passion for Democracy offer nuggets of keen historical insight and every so often connect with a sharp dart to the complacent regions of liberal capitalism... It doesn't hurt that, in an arena in which turgid, jargon-ridden prose is the rule, Barber can spin a phrase with the dexterity of Derek Jeter turning a double-play at second base. -- Loren Lomasky Reason Barber opens up the way for reexamining just what our role must be in the cause of Democracy. A stunning and sobering look at civil society at the century's end. --Virginia Quarterly Review Overall, the work is typical Barber: well written, conceptually fascinating, and astutely relevant. --Choice Enlightening... Politicians and history teachers, citizens even, would be wise to pick up this collection. --Kathleen Daley, Newark Star-Ledger The essays in A Passion for Democracy offer nuggets of keen historical insight and every so often connect with a sharp dart to the complacent regions of liberal capitalism... It doesn't hurt that, in an arena in which turgid, jargon-ridden prose is the rule, Barber can spin a phrase with the dexterity of Derek Jeter turning a double-play at second base. --Loren Lomasky, Reason Barber opens up the way for reexamining just what our role must be in the cause of Democracy. A stunning and sobering look at civil society at the century's end. -- Virginia Quarterly Review Overall, the work is typical Barber: well written, conceptually fascinating, and astutely relevant. -- Choice Enlightening... Politicians and history teachers, citizens even, would be wise to pick up this collection. -- Kathleen Daley, Newark Star-Ledger The essays in A Passion for Democracy offer nuggets of keen historical insight and every so often connect with a sharp dart to the complacent regions of liberal capitalism... It doesn't hurt that, in an arena in which turgid, jargon-ridden prose is the rule, Barber can spin a phrase with the dexterity of Derek Jeter turning a double-play at second base. -- Loren Lomasky, Reason Author InformationBenjamin R. Barber is Whitman Professor of Political Science and Director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University. Among his many books are The Conquest of Politics (Princeton), which collects his philosophical essays, An Aristocracy of Everyone, and Jihad vs. McWorld. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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