At the 1894 ALA conference it was fairly well agreed that the primary goal of the public library must be to teach good citizenship. Libraries recogni…

- Kevin Mattson

I just can't imagine that it's only a coincidence. I think they feel that it's kind of getting out of their control, and they're trying to tighten it…

- Kevin Mattson

Contemporary political theorists continue this type of thinking about democracy by arguing that the development of "public judgment" among regular ci…

- Kevin Mattson

From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public delibe…

- Kevin Mattson

A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their liv…

- Kevin Mattson