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How to build a democracy
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March 7, 2008
According to author and educator Parker Palmer, democracy is not easy. In fact, Palmer says a truly functioning democracy must contain elements of tension and conflict in order to thrive. Parker Palmer, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal, described the building blocks of the American democratic experiment in a February 19 speech at the Commonwealth Club of California.

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