Democracy by Petition
Democracy by Petition Winner of the James P. David Greenstone Book PrizeWinner of the S. M. Hanlan Book AwardWinner of the J. As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not…
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Democracy by Petition
Winner of the James P. David Greenstone Book PrizeWinner of the S. M. Hanlan Book AwardWinner of the J.
As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not merely through elections and parties, but through the transformation of an ancient political tool: the petition. Lipset Best Book AwardThis pioneering work of political history recovers the central and largely forgotten role that petitioning played in the formative years of North American democracy.Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise of party politics. A statement of grievance accompanied by a list of signatures, the petition afforded women and men excluded from formal politics the chance to make their voices heard and to reshape the landscape of political possibility.Democracy by Petition traces the