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Time to save democracy : how to govern ourselves in the age of anti-politics /
In the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges, Henry Tam explores what should be done to revive democracy, setting out in a clear and accessible manner 9 key areas where reforms are necessary to ensure we can govern ourselves more effectively.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Introduction: Democracy in distress; The symptoms; Misdiagnosis; The key to political health; Part 1. Has democracy a future?; 1. Why we need democracy; Four classic governance strategies; Democracy as a meta-strategy; Nine challenges for democratic governance; 2. Rethinking how we govern; Towards a holistic approach; Democracy subverted; Towards nine remedies for democratic governance; Part 2. How to sustain democratic togetherness; 3. Shared mission; Why we need a shared mission; The problem of pseudo-shared missions; How to cultivate shared missions; 4. Mutual respect; Why democracy must be underpinned by mutual respect; Rights, respect, and reciprocity; How to advance mutual respect
- 5. Coherent membership; Why democracy needs coherent membership; Contested notions of group membership; How to improve democratic membership; Part 3. How to underpin democratic objectivity; 6. Collaborative learning; Democratic objectivity and collaborative learning; Learning about learning; How to develop collaborative learning; 7. Critical re-examination; Why democracy depends on critical re-examination; What is wrong with hyper-critiquesHow to embed critical re-examination in the way we govern; 8. Responsible communication; Why we need responsible communication; Media power's real impact on democracy; How to foster responsible communication; Part 4. How to achieve democratic power balance
- 9. Participatory decision making; Why decision making needs members' participation; The problem with superficial participation; How to advance participatory decision making; 10. Civic parity; Why democracy is dependent on civic parity; The problem with misconceiving equality; How to counter the causes of civic disparity; 11. Public accountability; Why we need public accountability; The problem of misplaced responsibility; How to enhance public accountability; Conclusion: Learning to govern ourselves; Togetherness; Objectivity; Power balance; References; Index.