Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton Paperbacks) - Softcover

Putnam, Robert D.

 
9780691037387: Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton Paperbacks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691037388 ISBN 13: 9780691037387
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1994

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"A classic."—New York Times
"Seminal, epochal, path-breaking . . . a Democracy in America for our times."—The Nation
From the bestselling author of Bowling Alone, a landmark account of the secret of successful democracies

Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, acclaimed political scientist and bestselling author Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970, when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and healthcare, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity. The result is a landmark book filled with crucial insights about how to make democracy work.

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Robert D. Putnam is the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and a former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is an internationally renowned scholar and bestselling author whose acclaimed books include Bowling Alone, Our Kids, and The Upswing. In 2012, President Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal, the nation’s highest honor for contributions to the humanities. His research program, the Saguaro Seminar, is dedicated to fostering civic engagement in America. Robert Leonardi is visiting professor in the School of Government at the LUISS University in Rome. Raffaella Y. Nanetti is professor emerita in urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a world full of hope for democratization but wary of government failure, this book offers empirical evidence for the importance of civic community in developing successful institutions. As part of a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions - regions that vary greatly from the standpoint of wealth, social structure, and political leanings - Robert Putnam and his collaborators spent two decades evaluating the performance of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services. Their findings were surprising: regions that enjoy effective government in the 1990s have inherited a legacy of civic engagement that can be traced back to the early Middle Ages. Just as Tocqueville traveled to America to try to understand democracy, Putnam and his colleagues draw broad lessons for democratic theory from their twenty-year journey through Italy. Their conclusions challenge the simple-minded thesis of the primacy of economics and the easy optimism of social engineers. Based on dozens of case studies and thousands of interviews with politicians, community leaders, and ordinary citizens, this book illuminates patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity. It also contributes to the discussion of democracy in the newly freed lands of Eurasia and the developing world and to the gathering debate about how to revitalize democracy in America.

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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691037388
ISBN 13 
9780691037387
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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