Mending democracy : democratic repair in disconnected times / Carolyn M. Hendriks, Selen A. Ercan, John Boswell.

"The fabric of democracy is threadbare in many contemporary societies. Connections that are vital to the functioning and integrity of our democratic systems are wearing thin. Citizens are increasingly disconnected -- from their elected representatives, from one another in the public sphere, and...

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Main Authors: Hendriks, Carolyn M. (Author), Ercan, Selen A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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245 1 0 |a Mending democracy :  |b democratic repair in disconnected times /  |c Carolyn M. Hendriks, Selen A. Ercan, John Boswell. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-180) and index. 
520 |a "The fabric of democracy is threadbare in many contemporary societies. Connections that are vital to the functioning and integrity of our democratic systems are wearing thin. Citizens are increasingly disconnected -- from their elected representatives, from one another in the public sphere, and from complex processes of public policy. In such disconnected times, how can we strengthen and renew our democracies? This book develops the idea of democratic mending as a way of advancing a more connective approach to democratic reform. It is informed by three rich empirical cases of connectivity in practice, as well as cutting-edge debates in deliberative democracy. The empirical cases uncover empowering and transformative modes of political engagement that are vital for democratic renewal. The diverse actors in this book are not withdrawing, resisting or seeking autonomy from conventional institutions of representative democracy but actively experimenting with ways to improve and engage with them. Through their everyday practices of democratic mending they undertake crucial systemic repair work and strengthen the integrity of our democratic fabric in ways that are yet to be fully acknowledged by scholars and practitioners of democratic reform."--  |c Provided by publisher 
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505 0 |a Cover -- Mending Democracy: Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Chapter 1: Repairing Democracy's Disconnects -- Our Threadbare Democratic Fabric: Systemic Democratic Disconnects -- The Representative Disconnect between Citizens and Elected Representatives -- The Public Disconnect between Citizens within the Public Sphere -- The Governance Disconnect between Citizens and the Policymaking Process -- A Connected Understanding of Democracy: The Idea of 'the Deliberative System' 
505 8 |a Unpacking Connectivity in the Deliberative System -- Advancing Democratic Reform in Disconnected Times: The Promise of Democratic Mending -- Navigating the Book -- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Connectivity in Deliberative Democracy -- Connectivity in the Deliberative System: Unpacking Transmission, Coupling, and Sequencing -- Connectivity in the Spaces Account: Unpacking Transmission -- Connectivity in the Networks Account: Unpacking Coupling -- Connectivity in the Stages Account: Unpacking Sequencing -- The Risks of Relying on 'Communicative Miracles' -- Risk 1: Limited Inclusion 
505 8 |a Risk 2: Neglect of Power and Agency -- Risk 3: Insufficient Attention to Diverse Forms of Political Participation and Communication -- Risk 4: Relying on Deliberative Designers to Build Connections -- A Grounded Approach to Understanding Connectivity -- Studying Connections: From Theory to Practice and Back Again -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Connecting Constituents and Elected Representatives: The Case of Indi -- Democratic Mending in Indi -- Phase 1: Constituents Recognize a Representative Disconnect -- Phase 2: Constituents Generate Voice through Listening 
505 8 |a Phase 3: Constituents Develop Strategy for Change -- Phase 4: Constituents Support a Connected Representative -- Phase 5a: Constituents Recalibrate Their Connection to their Elected Representative -- Phase 5b: A New Elected Representative Actively Connects with Constituents -- Phase 6: Constituents Plan for Connective Succession -- Democratic Mending by Creating Connections -- Cultivating Skills for Critical Listening -- Making Democratic Processes Meaningful for Citizens -- Making the Tone of Politics More Positive -- Making Political Participation Playful 
505 8 |a Adapting the Democratic System to Work as It Should -- Insights from Indi into Connectivity in Deliberative Systems -- Insight 1: Citizens and Elected Representatives Can Act as the Creative Agents of Democratic Connectivity -- Insight 2: Effective Democratic Connectivity Is Co-Constituted and Iterative over Time -- Insight 3: Connectivity Involves Adapting and Working Creatively with Conventional Democratic Institutions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Connecting Publics in a Fractured Public Sphere: The Case of Knitting Nannas Against Gas 
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