Democratizing inequalities : dilemmas of the new public participation

Democratizing inequalities : dilemmas of the new public participation / edited by Caroline W. Lee, Michael McQuarrie, and Edward T. Walker ; foreword by Craig Calhoun.

"Opportunities to "have your say," "get involved," and "join the conversation" are everywhere in public life. From crowdsourcing and town hall meetings to government experiments with social media, participatory politics increasingly seem like a revolutionary antido...

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Other Authors: Lee, Caroline W. (Editor), McQuarrie, Michael (Editor), Walker, Edward T. (Editor), Calhoun, Craig J., 1952- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Political participation.
Social participation.
Democracy.
Elite (Social sciences)
Equality.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Democracy
Equality
Political participation
Social participation
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Craig Calhoun
  • Rising participation and declining democracy / Edward T. Walker, Michael McQuarrie, and Caroline W. Lee
  • Civic-izing markets : selling social profits in public deliberation / Caroline W. Lee, Kelly McNulty, and Sara Shaffer
  • Workers' rights as human rights? Solidarity campaigns and the anti-sweatshop movement / Steven Vallas, J. Matthew Judge, and Emily R. Cummins
  • Legitimating the corporation through public participation / Edward T. Walker
  • No contest : participatory technologies and the transformation of urban authority / Michael McQuarrie
  • The fiscal sociology of public consultation / Isaac William Martin
  • Structuring electoral participation : the formalization of Democratic new media campaigning, 2000-2008 / Daniel Kreiss
  • Patient, parent, advocate, investor : entrepreneurial health activism from research to reimbursement / David Schleifer and Aaron Panofsky
  • Spirals of perpetual potential : how empowerment projects' noble missions tangle in everyday interaction / Nina Eliasoph
  • Becoming a best practice : neoliberalism and the curious case of participatory budgeting / Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza
  • The social movement society, the Tea Party, and the Democratic deficit / David S. Meyer and Amanda Pullum
  • Public deliberation and political contention / Francesca Polletta
  • Realizing the promise of public participation in an age of inequality / Caroline W. Lee, Michael McQuarrie, and Edward T. Walker.

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