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Rescuing Democracy /

This book proposes a new institution -- the 'People's Forum' -- to enable democratic governments to effectively address long-running issues like global warming and inequality. It would help citizens decide what strategic problems their government must fix, especially where this requir...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Smith, Paul E. (Paul Edmund) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Signs of failure
  • Diagnosing dysfunction. Democratic dysfunction from fundamental structure
  • Susceptibility to dysfunction : types of democracy
  • A pervasive symptom of dysfunction : escalating the scarcity of natural capital
  • Prescribing a remedy. The people's forum : a deliberative aid for liberal democracies
  • Design details of the people's forum
  • Likely reactions to the forum
  • Supporting devices, performance indicators and trialing the people's forum.