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Real Democracy

The New England Town Meeting and How It Works

By: Frank M. Bryan

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Real Democracy

The New England Town Meeting and How It Works

By: Frank M. Bryan

Relying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet in face-to-face assemblies, debate the issues on the agenda, and vote on them. And although these meetings are natural laboratories for democracy, very few scholars have systematically investigated them. A nationally recognized expert on this topic, Bryan has now done just that. Studying 1,500 town meetings in his home state of Vermont, he and his students recorded a staggering amount of data about them—238,603 acts of participation by 63,140 citizens in 210 different towns. Drawing on this evidence as well as on evocative "witness" accounts—from casual observers to no lesser a light than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn—Bryan paints a vivid picture of how real democracy works. Among the many fascinating questions he explores: why attendance varies sharply with town size, how citizens resolve conflicts in open forums, and how men and women behave differently in town meetings. In the end, Bryan interprets this brand of local government to find evidence for its considerable staying power as the most authentic and meaningful form of direct democracy. Giving us a rare glimpse into how democracy works in the real world, Bryan presents here an unorthodox and definitive book on this most cherished of American institutions.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226077985

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9780226077987

Politics In The Rural States

People, Parties, And Processes

By: Frank M. Bryan

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Politics In The Rural States

People, Parties, And Processes

By: Frank M. Bryan

Blind, jazz-soul musician Ray Charles is an urban black man. But when he published the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, a decade before Watergate, he displayed a profound clarity of vision. The album's success forewarned a watershed of cultural values that would broadcast a clear message to an urban nation: Come back to rural America. The paucity of research on rural politics sets the direction of this volume in several ways. The book is developed into two parts. The first part treats the nation as a whole, describing and analyzing (1) the socioeconomic characteristics of those who populate the rural areas of America, with some comparison with the same characteristics of urban dwellers; (2) the political views and behavior of rural dwellers in juxtaposition to their urban cousins

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275

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Routledge

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1000307514

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9781000307511

Pulp Culture

The Art of Fiction Magazines

By: Frank M. Robinson,Lawrence Davidson

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Pulp Culture

The Art of Fiction Magazines

By: Frank M. Robinson,Lawrence Davidson

Pulp fiction' s lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and ' tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned dimes. This gorgeous full-color compilation features hundreds of the genre' s most thrilling covers and includes an index. Taken collectively, they provide a dazzling panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary.

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216

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Collectors Press, Inc.

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1888054123

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9781888054125

Get Your M. B. A. Part-Time

For the Part-Time Student with a Full-Time Life

By: Robyn Frank-Pedersen

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Get Your M. B. A. Part-Time

For the Part-Time Student with a Full-Time Life

By: Robyn Frank-Pedersen

Today the average M.B.A. candidate is both a part-time student and full-time employee, yet no other business school admissions guide focuses on this very important trend among M.B.A. candidates. Kaplan's guide for part-time M.B.A. students addresses the issues important and unique to this growing audience of students.

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Kaplan

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0743235096

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9780743235099

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