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The Promise of Popular Democracy

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If we don't understand what popular democracy is or what the human values are that inform it, how can we achieve its promise?

Those are the questions behind the Rockridge Institute's series, The Promise of Popular Democracy.







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Three Part Series on the Promise of Popular Democracy

Introduction

  • An exploration of two fundamental errors that have poisoned the promise of popular democracy

Part I

  • The Ancient Egalitarian Origins of Democracy

Part II

  • Solidarity of the Shaken

Part III

  • The Promise

Related Work:

Do Americans Believe in the Wisdom of the Public?

  • What values lie behind the weakening commitment to Popular Democracy in America today?

The Trouble with the DLC

  • Glenn W. Smith examines how a strategy pursued for decades by advocates of "centrism" has suppressed appeals to progressive values.

Ways to Get Involved:


Media Contact:

Please contact Glenn W. Smith for inquiries about this initiative.

What's Next
While the Rockridge Institute closed in April 2008, the Institute's staff remain committed to fulfilling the progressive vision it advocated and are available for consultations, trainings, and speaking engagements.

Find out more.
 

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