Politics of All

In this heterodox reading of Thomas Jefferson, Dean Caivano proposes a theory of democracy conceived through a politics of all. Democracy from this standpoint does not entail liberal consensus-building but rejects hierarchical forms of authority, supplanted by ongoing political resistance by "the people" to obtain freedom and equality.

Dean Caivano teaches political science and history at Merced College.

Chapter 1: The Ancient Greek Polis: Civic Education, Questioning, and the Staging of the Political Chapter 2: The Unwritten Law: Perpetual Reconstitution in Saxon Britain Chapter 3: Politics Without Centralized Government: Political Power and Happiness in Indigenous Societies Chapter 4: Eruptive Democracy: Challenging the Federal Republic Chapter 5: Divide the Counties into Wards: A Politics of All