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Dick Simpson draws upon his 50-year career as a legislator, campaign strategist, and government advisor to examine the challenges confronting Americans in their struggle to build the United States as a multiracial, multiethnic democracy. Using Chicago as an example, Simpson examines how the political, racial, economic, and social inequalities dividing the nation play out in our neighborhoods and cities. His investigation of our current crisis and its causes delves into issues like money in politics, low voter participation, the politics of resentment, political corruption, and a host of structural problems. But Democracy's Rebirth goes beyond analysis. Simpson lays out a sober, practical manifesto meant to inspire people everywhere to educate themselves and do the hard work of creating the kind of strong institutions that will allow true democracy to flourish.

The contributors to The City, Revisited trace an intellectual history that begins in 1925 with the publication of the influential classic The City, engaging in a spirited debate about whether the major theories of twentieth-century urban development are relevant for studying the twenty-first-century metropolis

The contributors to The City, Revisited trace an intellectual history that begins in 1925 with the publication of the influential classic The City, engaging in a spirited debate about whether the major theories of twentieth-century urban development are relevant for studying the twenty-first-century metropolis.

"This how-to book on winning elections in the current environment saturated with new forms of communication--written by coauthors who possess both academic training in political science and practical experience gained from being former elected officials--uses examples from presidential and congressional campaigns, but focuses on guidance most applicable to the half million-plus races for local and state government elected offices that occur every six years in the U.S. As such, its greatest utility will be to the candidates and their staff, as well as in the college classrooms that focus on the practices culminating on election days throughout America. In addition to explaining how campaigns are really run, the authors raise fundamental questions about their impact on citizen participation and democracy itself"--