TY - BOOK ID - 603694 TI - The spirit of compromise : why governing demands it and campaigning undermines it AU - Gutmann, Amy AU - Thompson, Dennis Frank PY - 2012 SN - 9780691160856 9780691153919 0691153914 0691160856 128049462X 1400841631 1400851246 9786613589859 PB - Princeton: Princeton university press, DB - UniCat KW - Political systems KW - Political sociology KW - United States KW - Political planning KW - Decision making KW - Compromise (Ethics) KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Democracy KW - Ethics KW - Authority KW - Common good KW - General will KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - #SBIB:324H20 KW - Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) KW - Political planning - United States KW - Decision making - United States KW - Compromise (Ethics) - United States KW - Consensus (Social sciences) - United States KW - Democracy - United States KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:603694 AB - To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis--dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. They urge politicians to focus less on campaigning and more on governing. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the state of compromise in Congress since the book's initial publication. Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest everyone who cares about making government work better for the good of all. ER -