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The Conversations of Democracy
Democratic politics involves a series of multi-directional conversations. Effective conversations have the potential to engage, educate, and animate both citizens and governmental officials. On the individual level, discovering successful conversational strategies benefits both political and social interaction. This book offers guidelines for conducting effective conversations personally, politically, and beyond such that readers of this book are unlikely to ever again look at conversation in the same way. New technologies and social trends both challenge and potentially enhance traditional face-to-face and media dominated conversations. Understanding the state, quality and potential of political conversations provides a unique perspective for evaluating and potentially improving government \"by the people.\"
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Honored guests
In 1982, Ronald Reagan invited Lenny Skutnick, the government employee who dove into the icy waters of the Potomac River to rescue passengers following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, to sit with First Lady Nancy Reagan in the House of Representatives balcony during the State of the Union address. Since that time, Reagan and subsequent presidents have found it useful to recognize during major presidential addresses ordinary citizens responsible for extraordinary acts of citizenship. In this book, Stephen Frantzich tells the fascinating stories of forty heroes who have earned this presidential recognition and explores the larger context of whether they represent a presidential gimmick or a touchstone with the American spirit. Taken together, the stories of how they got there, their decision to allow themselves to be used as symbols, and the impact of the recognition tells a great deal about the presidency, politics, and the role of heroes in American society.
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The Value of Conversation in a Democracy
[People] live in community by virtue of the things they have in common; communication is the way they come to possess things in common.
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The Social Setting of Contemporary Conversation
[Democracy involves] judicious argument, critical listening, and earnest decision-making.
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Politics and Democracy as Conversation
Each person's life is lived in a series of conversations.
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The New Technology of Conversation
Over the past century, electronic communications have already been the biggest single force for altering the way democracies work.
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Characteristics of a Good Conversation
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as being heard.
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