{"product_id":"the-civic-bargain-9780691218601","title":"The Civic Bargain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A New Yorker Best Book We've Read This Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Praising the people who agree with you is the easy part of democratic government. The hard part is building a superintending architecture that wins the consent even of those you hate. [Manville and Ober] recognize this truth, and, indeed, build a whole theory of democracy around it. . . . Persuasive.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Manville and Ober urge defenders of liberal democracy to take the long view. The book provides fascinating portraits of four great breakthroughs in citizen self-rule. . . . [They] argue, the great democracies survived because they forged and maintained a 'civic bargain,' a political pact about who is a citizen, how decisions are made, and the distribution of responsibilities and entitlements.\"\u003cb\u003e---G. John Ikenberry, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well-written and insightful. . . a veritable treasure trove for anyone who wants to understand the events leading up to our experiment in self-government, the challenges encountered along the way (human nature being what it is), and the patterns that are most likely to be repeated in the future.\"\u003cb\u003e---J. Bradford Delong, \u003ci\u003eProject Syndicate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even with all that seems discouraging in our own time, Americans should take heart that we the people can make a difference and maintain the continuity of our experiment. . . . Manville and Ober] offer a useful and accessible framework for talking about democracy—in a time when we are all too accustomed to speaking past one another on fundamental matters of civic life.\"\u003cb\u003e---Hans Zeiger, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Purpose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403909374295,"sku":"9780691218601","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691218601.jpg?v=1730484859","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-civic-bargain-9780691218601","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}