2016 election
2020 election
A01=Elizabeth C. Matto
A23=Governor Christine Todd Whitman
activation
activist
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
american politics
anarchist
Author_Elizabeth C. Matto
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JPVC
Category=JPVH1
Category=JPW
centrist
Christine Todd Whitman
communist
COP=United States
corruption
culture wars
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
democracy
democrat
donald trump
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
facist
government
green party
Hilary clinton
independent
January 6th
joe biden
Language_English
left
liberal
libertarian
local politics
neoliberal
PA=Available
polarization
politics
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
public policy
republican
right
socialist
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781978829701
- Weight: 36g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 12 Apr 2024
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
American democracy is at an inflection point. With voting rights challenged, election results undermined, and even the US Capitol violently attacked, many Americans feel powerless to save their nation’s democratic institutions from the forces dismantling them. Yet, as founders like Benjamin Franklin knew from the start, the health of America’s democracy depends on the actions its citizens are willing to take to preserve it.
To Keep the Republic is a wake-up call about the responsibilities that come with being a citizen in a participatory democracy. It describes the many ways that individuals can make a difference on both local and national levels-and explains why they matter. Political scientist Elizabeth C. Matto highlights the multiple facets of democratic citizenship, identifies American democracy’s sometimes competing values and ideals, and explains how civic engagement can take various forms, including political conversation. Combining political philosophy with concrete suggestions for how to become a more engaged citizen, To Keep the Republic reminds us that democracy is not a spectator sport; it only works when we get off the sidelines and enter the political arena to make our voices heard.
To Keep the Republic is a wake-up call about the responsibilities that come with being a citizen in a participatory democracy. It describes the many ways that individuals can make a difference on both local and national levels-and explains why they matter. Political scientist Elizabeth C. Matto highlights the multiple facets of democratic citizenship, identifies American democracy’s sometimes competing values and ideals, and explains how civic engagement can take various forms, including political conversation. Combining political philosophy with concrete suggestions for how to become a more engaged citizen, To Keep the Republic reminds us that democracy is not a spectator sport; it only works when we get off the sidelines and enter the political arena to make our voices heard.
ELIZABETH C. MATTO is a Research Professor and Director of Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics. She was lead editor for Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines (2017) and Teaching Civic Engagement Globally (2021) and author of Citizen Now: Engaging in Politics and Democracy (2016).
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN was the 50th governor of the State of New Jersey.
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN was the 50th governor of the State of New Jersey.
