AUTHOR BIOGRAPHYMichael Briand is Director of the Ethics and Deliberation Project at CivicEvolution, a not-for-profit educational software developer. He has spent 30 years working, at the levels of both theory and practice, on the challenges of enhancing citizen participation in democratic self-governance, with an emphasis on conflict resolution and high-quality public discourse. He is the author of Practical Politics: Five Principles for a Community that Works (1999) and To Strive, To Seek, To Find: Building a Purpose-Guided Democracy through Ethical Dialogue and Deliberation (2018).
REVIEWS"Before you give up on democracy, read this book! In an era when public engagement seems ever more contentious and mean-spirited, Michael Briand offers practical, espericne-based wisdom--not naive bromides--about what we can do to make democracy work in our communities. Read this book and gain new insights and new hope."--Frances Moore Lappe, cofounder, Center for Democracy