Daedalus was founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It draws on the enormous intellectual capacity of the American Academy, whose members are among the nation's most prominent thinkers in the arts, sciences, and humanities. The theme for the Spring 2013 issue is "American Democracy and the Common Good."
Contents:
Foreword
Leslie C. Berlowitz
Introduction
Norman J. Ornstein
The Common Good: Theoretical Content, Practical Utility
William A. Galston
Finding the Common Good in an Era of Dysfunctional Governa
Thomas E. Mann & Norman J. Ornstein
Can the Judicial Branch be a Steward in a Polarized Democracy?
Jeffrey Rosen
The Supreme Court in the 21st Century
Geoffrey R. Stone
The Origins & Lessons of Public Confidence in the Military
Andrew A. Hill, Leonard Wong & Stephen J. Gerras
The Challenges Facing Civic Education
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
The Case for Transcending Partisanship
Mickey Edwards
Citizens United: Robbing America of Its Democratic Idealism
Jim Leach
The American Corporation
Ralph Gomory & Richard Sylla
Unions & Civic Engagement: How the Assault on Labor Endangers Civil Society
Andy Stern
Philanthropy & the Nonprofit Sector
Peter Dobkin Hall
Reluctant Stewards: Journalism in a Democratic Society
Michael Schudson
The Argument Culture
Deborah Tannen
Compromise & the Common Good
Amy Gutmann & Dennis Thompson
Reestablishing the Commons for the Common Good
Howard Gardner
The Democratic Spirit
Kwame Anthony Appiah
