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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Graphic showing overhead view of people walking with blue, purple, and red colors.

Renewing the civic bargain Democracy today is in trouble: we see free governments wobbling, political tribalism everywhere, and rising authoritarianism. America, once the showcase of democracy done right now seems a system gone wrong. Read More

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