Pragmatist democracy (Record no. 1540)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199772445
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.01ANS
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ansell, Christopher K.
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Title Pragmatist democracy
Remainder of title evolutionary learning as public philosophy
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 280 p. ; 25 cm.
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General note Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-263) and index.
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Summary, etc. Barack Obama is often lauded as a 'pragmatist,' yet when most people employ the term, they mean it in the vaguest sense: that he's practical and willing to compromise to get things done. However, the public philosophy of pragmatism, which has been the subject of a rich revival in the past couple of decades, is far more than this. First developed in the late nineteenth century, pragmatism is primarily a way of thinking-an anti-dualist philosophy that attempts to overcome the dichotomies between self and object, nature and culture, mind and body, theory and practice, and fact and value. When applied to governance, pragmatists advocate the use of tactics like third party mediation and problem-solving to achieve anti-dualist principles: cosmopolitan localism, analytical holism, progressive conservatism, and processual structuralism. In Pragmatist Governance, Chris Ansell begins with a theory of the concept and then explains why the approach is ideal for addressing today's governance problems. For instance, while many think that bureaucracy's unchecked growth is the fundamental problem facing democracy today, pragmatism suggests the opposite: that public agencies can effectively manage the relationship between governance and democracy if they focus on building consent for public problem-solving. Ansell argues that wishing away bureaucracy will not do given what we know about the indispensible role of institutions in contemporary governance. Utilizing pragmatist concepts, Ansell rethinks the design of institutions, arguing that they are neither the simple products of rational design that can be endlessly tinkered with nor 'congealed taste'-where institutions represent the timeless customs and values of a people. Along with overcoming this dualism, Ansell also challenges us to rethink our approach to governance. Instead of moving from one extreme to the other-from bureaucracy to 'post-bureaucracy' or 'public entrepreneurial
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Political participation --Philosophy.
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