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Democratizing Inequalities - Dilemmas of the New Public Participation (Paperback)
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Democratizing Inequalities - Dilemmas of the New Public Participation (Paperback)
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Opportunities to "have your say," "get involved," and "join the
conversation" are everywhere in public life. From crowdsourcing and
town hall meetings to government experiments with social media,
participatory politics increasingly seem like a revolutionary
antidote to the decline of civic engagement and the thinning of the
contemporary public sphere. Many argue that, with new technologies,
flexible organizational cultures, and a supportive policymaking
context, we now hold the keys to large-scale democratic
revitalization. Democratizing Inequalities shows that the equation
may not be so simple. Modern societies face a variety of structural
problems that limit potentials for true democratization, as well as
vast inequalities in political action and voice that are not easily
resolved by participatory solutions. Popular participation may even
reinforce elite power in unexpected ways. Resisting an
oversimplified account of participation as empowerment, this
collection of essays brings together a diverse range of leading
scholars to reveal surprising insights into how dilemmas of the new
public participation play out in politics and organizations.
Through investigations including fights over the authenticity of
business-sponsored public participation, the surge of the Tea
Party, the role of corporations in electoral campaigns, and
participatory budgeting practices in Brazil, Democratizing
Inequalities seeks to refresh our understanding of public
participation and trace the reshaping of authority in today's
political environment.
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