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Synopsis
"If I were to put together a short list of a dozen scholars who might. . .contribute to the rhetoric and thought of a presidency, I would put Ben Barber on the list."—William Galston, former deputy assistant for domestic policy to Bill Clinton (quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Loren Lomasky - Reason
The essays in A Passion for Democracy offer nuggets of keen historical insight and every so often connect with a sharp dart to the complacent regions of liberal capitalism. . . . It doesn't hurt that, in an arena in which turgid, jargon-ridden prose is the rule, Barber can spin a phrase with the dexterity of Derek Jeter turning a double-play at second base.