Democracy Under Construction: a reader by Wyoming Humanities

by Scott Henkel (Editor-in-Chief), Erin Pryor Ackerman (Co-Editor), Josh Watanabe (Co-Editor)

"When we were putting this book together, our state capitol in Cheyenne was under renovation and construction. I love that the cover of this book has a picture of our state capitol at that moment. It is a perfect metaphor for democracy: we are always under construction. We have a history, and we have a future, and it is up to us to learn that history and to shape our future. What could our democracy look like? People often think about democracy as a form of government, and that's perfectly reasonable. But as the definition suggests, democracy is also a type of power. These two interpretations, democracy as a form of government and democracy as a type of power, are what I hope you think about as you read the essays in this volume." (pages i-ii)

132 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2005