Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum MovementAs Americans worry ever more about the effects of media on the quality of public deliberation, they have developed a renewed interest in public discussion, especially face-to-face public discussion. Over a century ago, public forums_organized and widespread_provided a place where citizens could discuss the political issues of the day, and they became a means of adult civic education. William M. Keith documents the college course developed by the new field of Speech to teach the skills of discussion, as well as the forum movement, which culminated in the Federal Forum Project. Using primary sources from archives around the country, Democracy as Discussion traces the early history of the Speech field, the development of discussion as an alternative to debate, and the Deweyan Progressive philosophy of discussion that swept the U.S. For the first time the structure and details of the Federal Forum project in the context of the forum movement and adult civic education in the U.S. are recounted and analyzed, making this book a valuable resource in the study of political communication and history. |
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Suppose a group of concerned citizens wanted to form an organization to enhance local democratic participation and practice. What are their obstacles? First, obviously, is the scale of the modern US. Should they work at the block level?
Suppose a group of concerned citizens wanted to form an organization to enhance local democratic participation and practice. What are their obstacles? First, obviously, is the scale of the modern US. Should they work at the block level?
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ThOugh practice often fell short of the ideal, an expanded notion of citizenship certainly informed the discussion movement. As we'll see, in the struggle to accommodate massive immigration in the early decades of the twentieth century, ...
ThOugh practice often fell short of the ideal, an expanded notion of citizenship certainly informed the discussion movement. As we'll see, in the struggle to accommodate massive immigration in the early decades of the twentieth century, ...
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... practices, myths and folkways all embody the social imaginary, which can evolve and change over time; the social imaginary is the background understanding that makes practices such as political Introduction 9.
... practices, myths and folkways all embody the social imaginary, which can evolve and change over time; the social imaginary is the background understanding that makes practices such as political Introduction 9.
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is the background understanding that makes practices such as political speech possible. Radical democracy (i.e., with full public participation) and discussion make great sense with the background assumptions of the modern social ...
is the background understanding that makes practices such as political speech possible. Radical democracy (i.e., with full public participation) and discussion make great sense with the background assumptions of the modern social ...
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... comprehensive history of either the Speech Communication field or the Forum Movement, but rather to show how these two insti— tutions, their ideas and practices, developed in tandem, with mutual, if indirect, influences.
... comprehensive history of either the Speech Communication field or the Forum Movement, but rather to show how these two insti— tutions, their ideas and practices, developed in tandem, with mutual, if indirect, influences.
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Teaching Discussion | 113 |
The Forum Movement | 211 |
Conclusion | 331 |
Bibliography | 343 |
Index | 358 |
About the Author | 361 |
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| Վերնագիր | Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement Lexington Studies in Political Communication |
| Հեղինակ | William M. Keith |
| Հրատարակիչ | Lexington Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0739154028, 9780739154021 |
| Length | 376 էջ |
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