Politicising Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politicising Democracy write by J. Harriss. This book was released on 2004-11-11. Politicising Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyzes the ways in which local politics in developing countries - often neglected in work on democratization - render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.
Politicizing Digital Space
Politicizing Digital Space - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politicizing Digital Space write by Trevor Garrison Smith. This book was released on 2017-07-14. Politicizing Digital Space available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subjectivity, participation, and conflict. Each of these terrains can be configured in a more or less political manner, though the contemporary status quo heavily skews them towards anti-political configuration. Using this understanding of what exactly politics entails, this book considers how the internet can both help and hinder efforts to move each area in a more political direction. By explicitly interpreting contemporary theories of the political in terms of the internet, this analysis avoids the twin traps of both technological determinism and technological cynicism. Raising awareness of what the word ‘politics’ means, the author develops theoretical work by Arendt, Rancière, Žižek and Mouffe to present a clear and coherent view of how in theory, politics can be digitized and alternatively how the internet can be deployed in the service of trulydemocratic politics.
Democracy When the People Are Thinking P
Democracy When the People Are Thinking P - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy When the People Are Thinking P write by James S. Fishkin. This book was released on 2018-06-27. Democracy When the People Are Thinking P available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'. What does that mean in a world of 'fake news', relentless advocacy, dialogue mostly among the like-minded, and massive spending to manipulate public opinion? What kind of opinion can the public have under such conditions? What would democracy be like if the people were really thinking in depth about the policies they must live with? If they really 'deliberated' with good information about their political choices? This book argues that 'deliberative democracy' is not utopian. It is a practical solution to many of democracy's ills. It can supplement existing institutions with practical reforms. It can apply at all levels of government and for many different kinds of policy choices. This volume speaks to a recurring dilemma: listen to the people and get the angry voices of populism or rely on widely distrusted elites and get policies that seem out of touch with the public's concerns. Instead, there are methods for getting a representative and thoughtful public voice that is really worth listening to. Democracy is under siege in most countries, where democratic institutions have low approval and face a resurgent threat from authoritarian regimes. Deliberative democracy can provide an antidote and can reinvigorate our democratic politics. This book draws on the author's research with many collaborators on 'Deliberative Polling'-a process conducted in 27 countries on six continents. It contributes both to political theory and to the empirical study of public opinion and participation. It should interest anyone concerned about the future of democracy and how it can be revitalized.
The Process of Politicization
The Process of Politicization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Process of Politicization write by Adam Jarosz. This book was released on 2017-11-06. The Process of Politicization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The problem signalled in the title of this volume is of utmost importance today. While envisioning a completely depoliticised society requires a big leap of imagination, there can still be doubts as to the degree to which modern societies may or should be politicised in different dimensions. This book gives a range of answers to this question using selected examples from modern history and the present time, and it outlines the process of politicising the society, together with the tools and means used for that. It does not attempt an exhaustive coverage of the topic of politicisation but serves as a reference for persons interested in the discussed issues, including students of political and social sciences.
Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy
Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy write by Ulrika Möller. This book was released on 2014-06-05. Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do political leaders determine whether a polity will receive a democratic future or not? Research and advocates of democracy agree on the significance of political elites for democratization, yet there is a need for a more specific understanding of their role. This book develops a theory of political leadership at the point of nascent statehood to explain the emergence of resilient democracies. It employs four diverse case studies to examine the role of leadership and democratic consolidation. In doing so, the book identifies certain capacities of political leaders at the critical moment of nascent statehood as decisive to the future democratic quality of their state. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, democratization studies, state building, leadership, nationalism, Middle Eastern studies and South Asian studies.
