Government is Good: Citizenship, Participation, and PowerUniversity of Missouri Press, 1992 - 138 páginas A former mayor takes readers inside the system to show politics at its most human level. From such events as a moving funeral for a retired police commander to a visit to the waterfront just hours before the city's worst flood in two hundred years, Freeman draws parables of political life. This unique contribution to the study of American politics is a powerful reminder that politics is not just something that happens, but something meaningful that we do. |
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