Town hall meetings and the death of deliberation /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Field, Jonathan Beecher (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
Series:Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Subjects:
Public meetings > United States > History.
Local government > United States > History.
Democracy.
Campaign debates > United States.
Forums (Discussion and debate) > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Local.
Forums (Discussion and debate)
Campaign debates.
Local government.
Public meetings.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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