The Spirit of Compromise by Amy Gutmann PAPERBACK 9780691160856

Princeton University Press

The Spirit of Compromise\nby Amy Gutmann\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Amy Gutmann\nTitle: The Spirit of Compromise\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political structure and processes\nPublisher: Princeton University Press\nPublication year: 2014\nEdition: Revised edition\nISBN-13: 9780691160856\nISBN-10: 0691160856\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nTo govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely.\n\nTo govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the resu.