By Chaebong Nam

What do we mean by “successful” civic-political agency? Equitable, efficacious, and self-protective civic-political agency is its core. So, what it would look like in practice? The short answer is political friendship (Allen, 2004).

Equity

Political friendship is a virtue, originally suggested by Aristotle. Specifically, it is positioned at a midway point between domination and acquiescence in one’s interaction with others. Equity is the core of...