Mending democracy : democratic repair in disconnected times /
"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...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020
Oxford, United Kingdom : 2020 |
| Edition: | First edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Mending Democracy: Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Acronyms
- Chapter 1: Repairing Democracy's Disconnects
- Our Threadbare Democratic Fabric: Systemic Democratic Disconnects
- The Representative Disconnect between Citizens and Elected Representatives
- The Public Disconnect between Citizens within the Public Sphere
- The Governance Disconnect between Citizens and the Policymaking Process
- A Connected Understanding of Democracy: The Idea of 'the Deliberative System'
- Adapting the Democratic System to Work as It Should
- Insights from Indi into Connectivity in Deliberative Systems
- Insight 1: Citizens and Elected Representatives Can Act as the Creative Agents of Democratic Connectivity
- Insight 2: Effective Democratic Connectivity Is Co-Constituted and Iterative over Time
- Insight 3: Connectivity Involves Adapting and Working Creatively with Conventional Democratic Institutions
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Connecting Publics in a Fractured Public Sphere: The Case of Knitting Nannas Against Gas
- Phase 3: Constituents Develop Strategy for Change
- Phase 4: Constituents Support a Connected Representative
- Phase 5a: Constituents Recalibrate Their Connection to their Elected Representative
- Phase 5b: A New Elected Representative Actively Connects with Constituents
- Phase 6: Constituents Plan for Connective Succession
- Democratic Mending by Creating Connections
- Cultivating Skills for Critical Listening
- Making Democratic Processes Meaningful for Citizens
- Making the Tone of Politics More Positive
- Making Political Participation Playful
- Risk 2: Neglect of Power and Agency
- Risk 3: Insufficient Attention to Diverse Forms of Political Participation and Communication
- Risk 4: Relying on Deliberative Designers to Build Connections
- A Grounded Approach to Understanding Connectivity
- Studying Connections: From Theory to Practice and Back Again
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Connecting Constituents and Elected Representatives: The Case of Indi
- Democratic Mending in Indi
- Phase 1: Constituents Recognize a Representative Disconnect
- Phase 2: Constituents Generate Voice through Listening
- Unpacking Connectivity in the Deliberative System
- Advancing Democratic Reform in Disconnected Times: The Promise of Democratic Mending
- Navigating the Book
- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Connectivity in Deliberative Democracy
- Connectivity in the Deliberative System: Unpacking Transmission, Coupling, and Sequencing
- Connectivity in the Spaces Account: Unpacking Transmission
- Connectivity in the Networks Account: Unpacking Coupling
- Connectivity in the Stages Account: Unpacking Sequencing
- The Risks of Relying on 'Communicative Miracles'
- Risk 1: Limited Inclusion