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Politics with the People

Politics with the People

Lazer, David M. J.
Neblo, Michael A.
Esterling, Kevin M.

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology, Book 555

General Political ScienceUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1107539862
ISBN13: 9781107539860
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 15 2019
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Many citizens in the US and abroad fear that democratic institutions have become weak, and continue to weaken. Politics with the People develops the principles and practice of 'directly representative democracy' - a new way of connecting citizens and elected officials to improve representative government. Sitting members of Congress agreed to meet with groups of their constituents via online, deliberative town hall meetings to discuss some of the most important and controversial issues of the day. The results from these experiments reveal a model of how our democracy could work, where politicians consult with and inform citizens in substantive discussions, and where otherwise marginalized citizens participate and are empowered. Moving beyond our broken system of interest group politics and partisan bloodsport, directly representative reforms will help restore citizens' faith in the institutions of democratic self-government, precisely at a time when those institutions themselves feel dysfunctional and endangered.

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