The Challenge Of Democracy (Fourteenth Edition)

By: Kenneth Janda

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Synopsis: The Challenge of Democracy Is not a book centered on current events. Rather, we use the recent past to illustrate enduring features of American government. Our text centers on three themes that help readers recognize and analyze the difficult choices they face in politics. The first is the clash among the values of freedom, order, and equality. These value conflicts are prominent in contemporary American society, and they help explain political controversy and consensus in earlier eras. We demonstrate that many of the nation's most controversial issues represent conflicts among individuals or groups who hold differing views on the values of freedom, order, and equality. Views on issues such as abortion are not just isolated opinions; they also reflect choices about the philosophy citizens want government to follow. Yet choosing among these values is difficult, some¬times excruciatingly so.