Format:
xv, 166 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
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23 cm
Edition:
First paperback edition
ISBN:
9781107539860
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology
Content:
"Many citizens in the US and abroad fear that democratic institutions have become weak, and continue to weaken. Politics with the People develops the principles and practice of 'directly representative democracy' - a new way of connecting citizens and elected officials to improve representative government. Sitting members of Congress agreed to meet with groups of their constituents via online, deliberative town hall meetings to discuss some of the most important and controversial issues of the day. The results from these experiments reveal a model of how our democracy could work, where politicians consult with and inform citizens in substantive discussions, and where otherwise marginalized citizens participate and are empowered. Moving beyond our broken system of interest group politics and partisan bloodsport, directly representative reforms will help restore citizens' faith in the institutions of democratic self-government, precisely at a time when those institutions themselves feel dysfunctional and endangered"--
Content:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: directly representative democracy; 1. The spirit and form of popular government; 2. Building a new home style; 3. Half of democracy; 4. Rational ignorance and reasonable learning; 5. (The) deliberative persuasion; 6. Representative connections; 7. Scaling up and scaling out; Conclusion: Republican redux
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 153-162
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107117266
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
USA
;
Repräsentation
;
Repräsentative Demokratie
;
Direkte Demokratie
DOI:
10.1017/9781316338179
