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Mending Democracy

Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times

Hendriks, Carolyn M. (Professor, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University) & Ercan, Selen A. (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra) & Boswell, John (University of Southampton, University of Southampton, Associate Professor in Politics)

Mending Democracy

Mending Democracy

Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times

Mending Democracy

 

This book develops the idea of democratic mending as a way of advancing a more connective and systemic approach to democratic repair.


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Beschrijving Mending Democracy

The fabric of democracy is threadbare in many contemporary societies. Connections that are vital to the functioning and integrity of our democratic systems are wearing thin. Citizens are increasingly disconnected — from their elected representatives, from one another in the public sphere, and from complex processes of public policy. In such disconnected times, how can we strengthen and renew our democracies?

This book develops the idea of democratic mending as a way of advancing a more connective approach to democratic reform. It is informed by three rich empirical cases of connectivity in practice, as well as cutting-edge debates in deliberative democracy. The empirical cases uncover empowering and transformative modes of political engagement that are vital for democratic renewal. The diverse actors in this book are not withdrawing, resisting or seeking autonomy from conventional institutions of representative democracy but actively experimenting with ways to improve and engage with them. Through their everyday practices of democratic mending they undertake crucial systemic repair work and strengthen the integrity of our democratic fabric in ways that are yet to be fully acknowledged by scholars and practitioners of democratic reform.


ISBN
9780198843054
Pagina's
208
Verschenen
NUR
754
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

Politicologie