Xavier N. De Souza Briggs
5 for Academics, 4 for Isolation from Corruption, June 25, 2011
I am stunned to not see a review of this book published in 2008. It certainly merits attention and inclusion in any dialog about democracy.
The author caught my attention immediately in the preface, observing that US democracy “looks awfully stunted and stymied.”
The author does a first rate job of summarizing the book in advance, the core focus being on democracy as civic capacity.
QUOTE (ix): “This blurring of the traditional divide between direction setting (policy making) and outcomes (implementation) is at the heart of the story…”
I am less interested in the case studies (urban growth, restructuring economy, and investing in youth), and much more interested in the author's concise presentation of his findings.
