Public discourse in America: conversation and community in the twenty-first century

Abstract

Prologue: The Work of the Penn National Commission -Judith Rodin Introduction: Incivility and Public Discourse -Judith Rodin and Stephen P. Steinberg PART ONE. PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DEMOCRACY 1. The Thinning of American Political Culture -Thomas Bender 2. Primary Tensions in American Public Life -Robert H. Wiebe 3. Deliberative Democracy and Public Discourse -David M. Ryfe PART TWO. CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE: TALKING ABOUT RACE 4. Affirmative Action and the Culture of Intolerance -Christopher Edley, Jr 5. The North American -Richard Rodriguez 6. Sports and Public Behavior -Richard Lapchick 7. Performance, Debate, or Productive Conversation? Imagining an Exemplary Conversation on Race -Drew Gilpin Faust and Members of the Penn National Commission PART THREE. LEADING THE PUBLIC'S CONVERSATION: STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE LEADERSHIP 8. Leadership in a Complex Democratic Society -Michael Schudson 9. Political Leadership in the Great Health Care Debate of 1993-1994 -Derek Bok 10. Part of Our World: Journalism as Civic Leadership -Jay Rosen 11. Modeling Public Discourse in Popular Culture -Neal Gabler PART FOUR: DISCOURSE OF RECONCILIATION: TRUTH, APOLOGY, AND FORGIVENESS 12. Creating a National Discourse: Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa -Alex Boraine 13. Political Apologies and Public Discourse -Graham G. Dodds PART FIVE: Thickening Public Discourse: Principles and Practices 14. The Principles of Public Discourse: What Is Good Public Discourse? -David M. Ryfe 15. A Paradox of Public Discourse and Political Democracy -Neil Smelser 16. The Practice of Public Discourse: A Study of Sixteen Discourse Organizations -David M. Ryfe 17. Lessons from the Field: Practitioner Perspectives on Public Discourse Programs -Jay Rosen and Members of the Penn National Commission PART SIX: CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC DISCOURSE 18. Building Community in the Twenty-First Century -Joyce Appleby 19. The Myth of Academic Community -Don M. Randel 20. The University as Discourse Community -Judith Rodin 21. Creating Community in Cyberspace: Criteria for a Discourse Technology Project -Stephen P. Steinberg Epilogue: The Centrality of Public Discourse -Stephen P. Steinberg Notes Contributors Bibliography Index Members of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture and Community Acknowledgments