Demagoguery and democracy / Patricia Roberts-Miller.

By:

Roberts-Miller, Patricia, 1959-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : The Experiment, 2017Description: 135 p. : 15 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781615194087 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.973

LOC classification:

P 301.5 R643d 2017

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Democratic Deliberation--2. How Not to Define Demagoguery--3. What Demagoguery Is-- How Demagoguery Works--Demagoguery: A Case Study-- A Culture of Demagoguery-- What Do We Do?

Summary: A clear-eyed guide to demagoguery—and how we can defeat it . What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. them. Why is it dangerous? Demagoguery is democracy’s greatest threat. It erodes rational debate, so that intelligent policymaking grinds to a halt. The idea that we never fall for it—that all the blame lies with them—is equally dangerous. How can we stop it? Demagogues follow predictable patterns in what they say and do to gain power. The key to resisting demagoguery is to name it when you see it—and to know where it leads.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	P 301.5 R643d 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000122115

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A clear-eyed guide to demagoguery—and how we can defeat it . What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. them.

Why is it dangerous? Demagoguery is democracy’s greatest threat. It erodes rational debate, so that intelligent policymaking grinds to a halt. The idea that we never fall for it—that all the blame lies with them—is equally dangerous.

How can we stop it? Demagogues follow predictable patterns in what they say and do to gain power. The key to resisting demagoguery is to name it when you see it—and to know where it leads.

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