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Bessette/Pitney’s AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: DELIBERATION, DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP reviews the idea of "deliberative democracy." Building on the book, this blog offers insights, analysis, and facts about recent events.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Tennessee

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Many posts have discussed partisan polarization and aversive or negative partisanship . Jonathan Allen at Reuters: In a rare rebuke,...

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Three-Fifths Update

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Oliver Willis at The American Independent: On Tuesday, during a debate on the floor of the Tennessee General Assembly, state Rep. Justin L...

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Nathan Bedford Forrest Was a Racist and a Traitor

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Matt Shuham at TPM : In 1978, a bust of the slave trader , Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest was in...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

To Thine Own Self Be True

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A major theme of our book is that self-interest does not explain everything in politics. But it does explain a lot. One case is a Tennes...

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Senate Nominations

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In our chapters on political parties and elections, we discuss ways in which parties nominate candidates for office. At The Atlantic , Cha...

Friday, September 30, 2011

New Turnout Numbers

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Our chapter on political participation discusses voter turnout . There are now new data on the subject, according to a release from the Cen...

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