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02854aam a2200385Ia 4500 001 4189546E3E3011E4861469EFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140917010101 008 131025s2014 nju b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0691160856 020 $a 9780691160856 035 $a (OCoLC)861542594 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d BDX $d UKMGB $d CDX $d SFR $d IOG $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a JK468.P64 $b G87 2014 050 4 $a JK468.P64 $b G87 2014 082 04 $a 320.60973 $2 23 100 1 $a Gutmann, Amy. 245 14 $a The spirit of compromise : $b why governing demands it and campaigning undermines it / $c Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. 260 $a Princeton ; $b Princeton University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xxiii, 279 p. ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a "First paperback printing, with a new preface by the authors, 2014"--T.p. verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-253) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Compromises -- Characteristics of compromise -- Mindsets of compromise -- Valuing compromise -- Resisting compromise -- Seeking compromise -- Campaigning v. governing -- Governing with campaigning. 520 $a If politics is the art of the possible, then compromise is the artistry of democracy. Unless one partisan ideology holds sway over all branches of government, compromise is necessary to govern for the benefit of all citizens. A rejection of compromise biases politics in favor of the status quo, even when the rejection risks crisis. Why then is compromise so difficult in American politics today? In this book, the authors connect the rejection of compromise to the domination of campaigning over governing, the permanent campaign, in American democracy today. They show that campaigning for political office calls for a mindset that blocks compromise, standing tenaciously on principle to mobilize voters and mistrusting opponents in order to defeat them. Good government calls for an opposite cluster of attitudes and arguments, the compromising mindset, that inclines politicians to adjust their principles and to respect their opponents. It is a mindset that helps politicians appreciate and take advantage of opportunities for desirable compromise. The authors propose changes in our political institutions, processes, and mindsets that would encourage a better balance between campaigning and governing. 650 0 $a Political planning $z United States. 650 0 $a Decision making $z United States. 650 0 $a Compromise (Ethics) 650 0 $a Consensus (Social sciences) $z United States. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States. 700 1 $a Thompson, Dennis F. $q (Dennis Frank), $d 1940- 941 $a 2 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20151001051321.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917013352.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4189546E3E3011E4861469EFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search