Field, Jonathan Beecher, <br/><br/>
Town Hall Meetings and the Death of Deliberation /  
Jonathan Beecher Field. 
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<br/><br/>Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: This Is What Looks like Democracy; Town Meeting as Democratic Ideal; Town Hall Meeting as Debate Format; Town Hall Meeting as Constituent Service; Town Hall Meeting as Campus Spectacle; Town Hall Meeting as Corporate Event; The Future of the Town Hall Meeting; Conclusion; Acknowledgments 
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<br/><br/> Jonathan Beecher Field tracks the permutations of the town hall meeting from its original context as a form of democratic community governance in New England into a format for presidential debates and a staple of corporate governance. In its contemporary iteration, the town hall meeting models the aesthetic of the former but replaces actual democratic deliberation with a spectacle that involves no immediate electoral stakes or functions as a glorified press conference. Urgently, Field notes that though this evolution might be apparent, evidence suggests many US citizens don't care to differentiate. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781452963051 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public meetings.<br/>Local government.<br/>Democracy.<br/>Campaign debates.<br/>Forums (Discussion and debate)<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--American Government--Local.<br/>Forums (Discussions et debats)--États-Unis.<br/>Élections--Debats--États-Unis.<br/>Administration locale--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Reunions publiques--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Forums (Discussion and debate)--United States.<br/>Campaign debates--United States.<br/>Democracy.<br/>Local government--History.--United States<br/>Public meetings--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.