Town Hall Meetings and the Death of Deliberation /

Jonathan Beecher Field tracks the permutations of the town hall meeting from its original context as a form of democratic community governance in New England into a format for presidential debates and a staple of corporate governance. In its contemporary iteration, the town hall meeting models the a...

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1. Verfasser: Field, Jonathan Beecher (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
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  • Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: This Is What Looks like Democracy; Town Meeting as Democratic Ideal; Town Hall Meeting as Debate Format; Town Hall Meeting as Constituent Service; Town Hall Meeting as Campus Spectacle; Town Hall Meeting as Corporate Event; The Future of the Town Hall Meeting; Conclusion; Acknowledgments