How to Save Democracy

The Importance of the Civic Bargain

Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,

Is Democracy dying? Polls show that Americans on both sides of the political spectrum feel it’s under attack... but does the situation have to be so dire?

Professors Brook Manville and Josiah Ober offer a guide to democratic renewal in order to guarantee civic rights of freedom, equality, and dignity.

Tracing the long progression toward self-government through four key moments in democracy’s history: Classical Athens, Republican Rome, Great Britain’s constitutional monarchy, and America’s founding, they compare what worked and what failed in each case... to draw out lessons for how modern democracies can survive and thrive.

Join us on August 31st, Noon EST for this incredibly important conversation on how to save Democracy... and the importance of the Civic Bargain:

**** Register and you can win a copy of Brook and Josiah’s book: The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives

*Please Note: If you can't make it live, don't worry! As long as you register in advance, you will receive the recording.

About the Speakers:

Brook Manville is an independent consultant who writes about politics, democracy, technology, and business. Previously a partner with McKinsey & Co. and an award-winning professor at Northwestern University, he is the author of The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens (Princeton) and A Company of Citizens: What the World’s First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations (with Josiah Ober).

Josiah Ober is the Constantine Mitsotakis Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece, Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens (both Princeton), The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason, and other books.

I hope you can join us for this very important conversation!

All the best,

Anya Leonard

Founder and Director

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