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Below is a
table that provides access to the
original
manuscript for Real Democracy. I call it The Unexpurgated
Real
Democracy (URD).* It contains one chapter that was cut in its
entirety from
the final version of the book – "Above the ‘Optimal Climatic Area’"
(treating
the history of Vermont as it cradled the development of town meeting
there).
The table lacks the book’s Chapter 10 (“If You Build It, Let Them
Play”) and
the Conclusion, “A Lover’s Quarrel,” which were written for the final
version.
This material in the URD has the obvious copyright protections. I am
making it
available
primarily because it extends substantially the evidentiary base of Real
Democracy. It would please me immensely if scholars referenced some
of the
material in the URD. But remember: the URD is fundamentally
a draft. I am still cleaning
up the
bibliography and please cut me some slack on
the
prose. Although I am confident the empirical displays are sound, if
something
seems out of whack in a table or figure, give me a call. Finally if you
would
like me to reconstruct any of the tables or figures from the original
data for
you, I’d be happy to do so. * The original acronym for The
Unexpurgated Real
Democracy was TURD. But Melissa made me change it.
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| URD
Chapters (please be patient while they upload) |
| Preface: The
Loneliness of the
Long-Distance Democrat
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| Chapter I Introduction:
The Methodology of Starting from Scratch |
| Chapter II Town
Meeting: An American Conversation |
| Chapter III Above the "Optimum Climatic Area" |
| Chapter IV What if
we Held a Democracy: Would Anyone
Come? |
| Chapter V Attendance:
Meeting Halls and Ballot Systems |
| Chapter VI Attendance:
The Context of Community |
| Chapter VII Democracy as Public
Talk: Walking the
Bounds |
| Chapter VIII Democracy as Public
Talk: Exploring the
Contexts |
| Chapter IX The
Question of Equality: Women's Presence |
| Chapter X The Question of
Equality: Women's
Participation |
| Chapter XI The Best Democracy |
| Methodological
Appendix |
| Bibliography |
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