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The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It
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Dennis Thompson
discusses
The Spirit of Compromise:
Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It
This event includes a book signing
DateSep
27
Thursday
September 27, 2012 7:00 PM ET |
LocationFPC Parish House
3 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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This event is free; no tickets are required.
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Cambridge Forum welcomes the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University DENNIS THOMPSON for a discussion of his book, The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It.
Thompson discusses the impact of the “perpetual campaign” on American political life: What role does ideology play in the current impasse in national governance? What role does the electoral system itself play? How can the people’s representatives move beyond gridlock and ideological partisanship to effectively govern the nation and resolve the problems it faces?
In The Spirit of Compromise, Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson 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. Calling for greater cooperation in contemporary politics, The Spirit of Compromise will interest all who care about whether their government leaders can work together.
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