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The spirit of compromise : why governing demands it and campaigning undermines it /

Gutmann, Amy.

The spirit of compromise : why governing demands it and campaigning undermines it / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. - Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2012. - viii, 279 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-253) and index.

Introduction -- Compromises -- Characteristics of compromise -- Mindsets of compromise -- Valuing compromise -- Resisting compromise -- Seeking compromise -- Campaigning v. governing -- Governing with campaigning.

9780691153919 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2011053123


Political planning--United States.
Decision making--United States.
Compromise (Ethics)--United States.
Consensus (Social sciences)--United States.
Democracy--United States.

JK468.P64 / G87 2012

320.60973

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