{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-citizen-isbn-9781541605534","title":"How to Be a Citizen","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn expert on the writing of constitutions argues that the path to a thriving society begins with forgetting about them: \"Not James Madison but Bob Dylan or Annie Lennox should be our guide\" (Mark Tushnet). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2009, constitutional scholar C. L. Skach went to Iraq to help revise the constitution. She survived a missile barrage in the Green Zone—an event that proved a breaking point in her thinking about constitutions. In short: they don’t really work.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e, Skach calls to move beyond constitutions. She argues that just as complex natural systems spontaneously generate order, we can, too. Looking to pandemic gardens, Reggio-Emilia schools, and community-driven safety patrols, she envisions not government by force, but society that is local, cultivated, and true. Grounded in six principles as simple as a call to spend time on a park bench, this book shows how community spaces, education, and markets can be reshaped to nurture cooperation and encourage flourishing.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Equal parts personal, philosophical, and practical, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to see society not as something imposed by law, but rather something we create together.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895395971301,"sku":"NP9781541605534","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_5c527d24-1911-4dfd-899d-4d2217ea9124.jpg?v=1773102738","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/how-to-be-a-citizen-isbn-9781541605534","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}