Time to Save Democracy : : How to Govern Ourselves in the Age of Anti-Politics / / Henry Tam.
To govern ourselves or not to? This is the existential question of politics. With the rise of distrust, alienation, and extremism, it is all the more difficult to secure democratic self-rule when neither those in power nor the general public seem dependable when it comes to making decisions that can...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Democracy in distress
- Has democracy a future?
- Why we need democracy
- Rethinking how we govern
- How to sustain democratic togetherness
- Shared mission
- Mutual respect
- Coherent membership
- How to underpin democratic objectivity
- Collaborative learning
- Critical re-examination
- Responsible communication
- How to achieve democratic power balance
- Participatory decision making
- Civic parity
- Public accountability
- Conclusion: Learning to govern ourselves
- References
- Index