Beyond government

by Craufurd D. W. Goodwin

The volume has five parts. In the first, three U.S.-based authors present models of public debate from the American experience. In the second part, four authors - two from Latin America and two from Eastern Europe - chronicle and analyze the public debate that accompanied their countries' transitions to democracy. The third section includes chapters on specific areas of policy research, the fourth shifts attention to the institutions that foster debate, and the fifth assesses contributions to public debate from abroad by foundations and the corporate sector. A concluding section looks...