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  • Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?

    by James S. Fishkin ...
    In our modern world of propaganda, social media enclaves, misinformation, and manipulation, the connection between 'the will of the people' and political action has broken down, political divisions are becoming increasingly intractable, and democracies are growing ever more ungovernable. Democracy is in crisis. In Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?, James S. Fishkin argues that ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Democracy When the People Are Thinking

    Revitalizing Our Politics Through Public Deliberation

    by James S. Fishkin ...
    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 ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

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    Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?

    by James S. Fishkin ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 47 min

    In our modern world of propaganda, social media enclaves, misinformation, and manipulation, the connection between "the will of the people" and political action has broken down, political divisions are becoming increasingly intractable, and democracies are growing ever more ungovernable. Democracy is in crisis.In Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?, James S. Fishkin argues that ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • When the People Speak:Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

    Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

    by James Fishkin ...
    All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Do we want a democracy inspired by Madison or by Madison Avenue? A democracy animated by deliberation or by manipulation? This book examines each of the principal democratic theories and makes the case for a democracy in ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Deliberative Democracy in Asia

    Edited by Baogang He, Michael Breen, James Fishkin ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    Featuring cases from India, China, Nepal, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Mongolia and Malaysia, the authors demonstrate and compare the differing uses of public deliberation in Asia.Many countries in Asia have long traditions of public deliberation, in both democratic and undemocratic settings, some of which continue today. Yet in the face of pressures from complex governance, popular protests and ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Essential Communitarian Reader

    by Ronald Bayer, Benjamin R. Barber, Daniel A. Bell, Robert N. Bellah, Senator Bill Bradley, Senator Dan Coats, Roger L. Conner, Ralf Dahrendorf, John J. DiIulio Jr., William J. Doherty, Jean Bethke Elshtain0, Amitai Etzioni1, James S. Fishkin3, William Galston4, Mary Ann Glendon5, Robert E. Goodin6, Peter Katz7, Mark Kleiman8, Judith Martin9, Dallin H. Oaks0, Diane Ravitch1, Philip Selznik2, Fred Siegel3, Thomas A. Spragens Jr.4, Charles Taylor5, Daniel J. Tichenor6, Linda J. Waite7, Alan Wolfe8 ...
    Series series Rights & Responsibilities
    This outstanding new book shows why communitarian thought has had such a profound influence on contemporary American public policy, from strengthening our neighborhoods to fighting AIDS and educating our children. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian Network and author of the best-selling books The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule, this comprehensive collection ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Political Theory Without Borders

    by Robert E. Goodin, James S. Fishkin ...
    Series series Philosophy, Politics and Society
    POLITICAL THEORY WITHOUT BORDERSPolitical theory has traditionally focused on governance within the confines of a specific polity, but with the recent proliferation of environmental realities and national decisions that have global repercussions, political theory must now be re-imagined to confront globalization head-on. Political Theory Without Borders presents a collection scholarship that does ... Read more

    $45.00 USD

  • Deliberation Day

    by Professor Bruce Ackerman, Professor James S. Fishkin ...
    Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin argue that Americans can revitalize their democracy and break the cycle of cynical media manipulation that is crippling public life. They propose a new national holiday-Deliberation Day-for each presidential election year. On this day people throughout the country will meet in public spaces and engage in structured debates about issues that divide the candidates in ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Paradox of Gender Equality

    How American Women's Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice

    by Kristin A. Goss ...
    Series series The Cawp Series In Gender And American Politics
    Drawing on original research, Kristin A. Goss examines how women's civic place has changed over the span of more than 120 years, how public policy has driven these changes, and why these changes matter for women and American democracy. Suffrage, which granted women the right to vote and invited their democratic participation, provided a dual platform for the expansion of women's policy agendas. As ... Read more

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  • The State of Democratic Theory

    by Ian Shapiro ...
    What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action.Some accounts of democracy's purposes focus on aggregating ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

    The Promise of Civic Renewal in America

    by Peter Levine ...
    Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them. Peter Levine's We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and restore citizens' public role. After offering a novel theory of active citizenship, a diagnosis of ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

    Edited by Keith E. Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen, Gregory A. Caldeira ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from ... Read more

    $52.19 USD