Can Democracy Survive Democracy?

• Author: David M. Elcott
• Published date: 01 July 2014
• Date: 01 July 2014
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12244

532 Public Administration Review • July | August 2014

The current state of civility and democracy in

the United States of America makes analyz-

ing and assessing its nature a challenging

enterprise.  e experience of democracy around the

globe provides daily reminder that this experiment

Cornell W. Clayton and Richard Elgar, eds., Civility

and Democracy in America: A Reasonable Un-

derstanding (Pullman: Washington State Univer-

sity Press, 2012). 167 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN:

9780874223125.

Can Democracy Survive Democracy?

Sonia M. Ospina and Rogan Kersh, Editors

David M. Elcott

New York University

David M. Elcott is Henry and Marilyn

Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service

and Leadership at New York University and

associate faculty at the Research Center for

Leadership and Action. His current research

projects are “Religious Leadership, Civil

Discourse and Democracy in the Public

Square: Advancing the Positive Role of

Faith Leaders in America,” funded by a Ford

Foundation Freedom of Expression Grant,

and “Baby Boomers, Minority Communities

and Public Service.”

E-mail: david.elcott@nyu.edu