Rescuing Democracy / Paul E. Smith.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore, Maryland : : Project Muse,, 2020 ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (515 pages) :; illustrations, charts; PDF, digital file(s). |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.