How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State by Skach, C. L.
How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State by Skach, C. L.

How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State

An expert on the writing of constitutions argues that the path to a thriving society begins with...
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Author: C. L. Skach
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How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State by Skach, C. L.

How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State

$67.95
How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State by Skach, C. L.

How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State

$67.95
Author: C. L. Skach
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
An expert on the writing of constitutions argues that the path to a thriving society begins with forgetting about them

In 2009, constitutional scholar C. L. Skach went to Iraq to help revise the constitution. She survived a missile barrage in the Green Zone--an event that proved a breaking point in her thinking about constitutions. In short: they don't really work.

In How to Be a Citizen, Skach calls to move beyond constitutions. She argues that just as complex natural systems spontaneously generate order, we can, too. Looking to pandemic gardens, Reggio-Emilia schools, and community-driven safety patrols, she envisions not government by force, but society that is local, cultivated, and true. Grounded in six principles as simple as a call to spend time on a park bench, this book shows how community spaces, education, and markets can be reshaped to nurture cooperation and encourage flourishing.  

Equal parts personal, philosophical, and practical, How to Be a Citizen invites us to see society not as something imposed by law, but rather something we create together.

Author: C. L. Skach
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 07/02/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781541605534

About the Author
C. L. Skach is a professor of political and legal theory at the University of Bologna. She was previously professor of law at King's College London and professor of comparative government and law at the University of Oxford, after having taught at Harvard University for a decade as an associate professor of government. She splits her time between Bologna, Italy, and Oxford, UK. 
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