Mending democracies, patching societies

When our democracies are broken, we need to 'fix' our societies. There are no quick fixes, but the good news is that society is resilient and people will make new connections. We need to look better for those 'small democratic wins' and learn from them to improve our democratic s...

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Published in:Critical policy studies 2022-05, Vol.16 (2), p.224-228
Main Author: Metze, Tamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Deliberative democracy
Democracy
democratic mending
policy work
Resilience
small wins
Society
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Summary:When our democracies are broken, we need to 'fix' our societies. There are no quick fixes, but the good news is that society is resilient and people will make new connections. We need to look better for those 'small democratic wins' and learn from them to improve our democratic systems. This seems to be the core message of the book 'Mending Democracies', that sits within a critical pragmatist approach and starts from the analysis of democratic deficits to offer new language and insights to understand societal resilience to repair institutional wrong-doings...
ISSN:1946-0171
1946-018X
DOI:10.1080/19460171.2022.2029520