Brook Manville

Books¹

The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives Brook Manville and Josiah Ober
A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if we want it to
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Ideas¹

The painting “Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States” by Howard Chandler Christy. The painting depicts Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.

Democracy’s real deal Was the US Consitution a masterpiece? The common answer has frequently been an unabashed “yes,” but many critics now complain that the Constitution was fatally flawed from the beginning. Read More