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Democracy when the people are thinking : revitalizing our politics through public deliberation / by Fishkin, James S.,author.(CARDINAL)721833;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Can the people rule? -- Making deliberation practical -- Reimagining democratic possibilities.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?

Subjects: Representative government and representation.; Deliberative democracy.;

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Open democracy : reinventing popular rule for the twenty-first century / by Landemore, Hélène,1976-author.(CARDINAL)837052;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The crisis of representative democracy -- The myth of direct democracy -- Legitimacy and representation beyond elections (part one) -- Legitimacy and representation beyond elections (part two) -- The principles of open democracy -- Let the people in! Lessons from a modern Viking saga -- On the viability of open democracy -- Conclusion: Open democracy in a global world."To the Ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in a public space and arguing based on an agenda set by a randomly selected assembly of 500 other citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings in Northern Europe a few centuries later, it meant gathering every summer in a large field, a place where they held their own annual "parliament," and similarly talking things through until they got to relatively consensual decisions about the common's fate. Our contemporary representative democracies are very different. Modern Parliaments are intimidating buildings that are much harder to access for ordinary citizens-quite literally. They are typically gated and guarded, and it often feels as if only certain types of people-people with the right suit, accent, bank account, connections, even last names-are welcome to enter them. In Open Democracy, Landemore revitalizes the model of success from ancient open democracies alongside the problems of the present-day representative democracies in order to get to the heart of the issues which contemporary democratic societies are dealing with today. Something has been lost between the two, Landemore argues: accessibility; openness to the ordinary man and woman. Landemore believes the move to "representative" democracy, a mediated form of democracy seen as unavoidable in mass, commercial societies, also became a move towards democratic closure, and exclusivity. Open Democracy asks how can we recover the openness of ancient democracies in today's world, and would it help the crisis of democracy? In diagnosing what is wrong with representative democracy, Landemore offers a normative alternative and strategy-one that is more true to the democratic ideal of "government of the people, by the people, for the people." This alternative conception (open democracy) is one Landemore believes can be used to imagine and design more participatory, responsive, accountable, and smarter institutions, thereby strengthening our democracies along with on the whole, our societies." --

Subjects: Case studies.; Deliberative democracy.; Representative government and representation.; Political participation.; Deliberative democracy;

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The citizens academy handbook : building capacity for local civic engagement / by Morse, Ricardo S.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)303989; Willard, Sabrina M.,author.(CARDINAL)339637; Holder, Michelle Y.,author.(CARDINAL)339638; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.School of Government,issuing body.(CARDINAL)270093;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Local government; Service learning.; Public relations.; Deliberative democracy.; Political participation.;

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Restoration : Congress, term limits and the recovery of deliberative democracy. /by George F. Will. by Will, George F.(CARDINAL)160702;

Subjects: United States. Congress;

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Law, pragmatism, and democracy / by Posner, Richard A.(CARDINAL)151576;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Democracy.; Justice, Administration of; Pragmatism.; Rule of law;

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Democracy : a very short introduction / by Zack, Naomi,1944-author.(CARDINAL)374098;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-155) and index."Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed--the demos--have a say in government. But different conceptions of democracy have left many out. Naomi Zack provides here a fresh treatment of the history of this idea and its key conceptions. In the ancient world, direct and representative democracy in Athens and Rome privileged elites, as did democratic deliberative bodies in Africa, India, the Middle East, and China. Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero were sceptical of mob-rule dangers of democracy. The medieval and renaissance periods saw legislative checks on monarchy, notably the Magna Carta. The social contract theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau matched political expectations that national government be based on consent, for the benefit of those governed. The American Revolution established a new sovereignty, based on British government tradition. By contrast, the French Revolution heralded universal humanitarian ideals. In the nineteenth century, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, and Karl Marx focused on the democratization of society. Mary Wollstonecraft had championed women's education and rights and Mill advocated further for that cause. Movements for the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, and labour unionization were organized. World War II brought a reset in the twentieth century, with new democratic governments for many countries, including India and South Africa, and new ideals. Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, and John Rawls emphasized orderly government transition, inclusion, and fairness. Equalitarian goals have concerned racial and ethnic minorities, as well as women. The twenty-first century has brought fresh challenges, including disasters and uninformed electorates. Democracy among nations is a future goal." --

Subjects: Democracy.;

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Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy / by Jentleson, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)846849;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-300) and index.Introduction: The little harm thesis -- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come -- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter -- Conclusion: How to save the Senate."An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule. As Jentleson shows, since the 1950s, a free-flowing body of relative equals has devolved into a rigidly hierarchical, polarized institution, with both Democrats and Republicans to blame. The current GOP has merely used the methods pioneered by its predecessors, though to newly extreme ends. In a work for readers of How Democracies Die and even Master of the Senate, Jentleson makes clear that, without a reevaluation of Senate practices--starting with ending the filibuster--we face the prospect of permanent minority rule in America"--

Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate.; Representative government and representation; Proportional representation; Democracy; Filibusters (Political science);

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We the people : a history of the U.S. Constitution / by Lepore, Jill,1966-author.(CARDINAL)641855;

Includes bibliographic references (pages 589-664) and index.Introduction: The philosophy of Amendment -- Part One: The invention of the Constitution, 1774-1791 -- The constitution of a clock -- All men would be tyrants -- Every gentleman may propose amendments -- Part two: The contest over interpretation, 1803-1896 -- Let us examine the word white -- The whole rebellion is beyond the Constitution -- No amendment is necessary -- We began this quilt -- Part three: The pattern of amendment, 1905-1959 -- Mr. Constitution -- Miss Bolsheviki -- The lost amendment -- Part four: The end of amendment, 1961-2016 -- The subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments -- A Bill of Rights for women -- The Constitution is dead! -- Epilogue: the future of constitutionalism."The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in We the People, the most original history of the Constitution in decades--and an essential companion to her landmark history of the United States, These Truths. Published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding--the anniversary, too, of the first state constitutions--We the People offers a wholly new history of the Constitution. "One of the Constitution's founding purposes was to prevent change," Lepore writes. "Another was to allow for change without violence." Relying on the extraordinary database she has assembled at the Amendments Project, Lepore recounts centuries of attempts, mostly by ordinary Americans, to realize the promise of the Constitution. Yet nearly all those efforts have failed. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been introduced in Congress since 1789, and thousands more have been proposed outside its doors, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified. More troubling, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without recourse to amendment, she argues, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential or judicial fiat. Challenging both the Supreme Court's monopoly on constitutional interpretation and the flawed theory of "originalism," Lepore contends in this "gripping and unfamiliar story of our own past" that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutionalism. The framers never intended for the Constitution to be preserved, like a butterfly, under glass, Lepore argues, but expected that future generations would be forever tinkering with it, hoping to mend America by amending its Constitution through an orderly deliberative and democratic process. Lepore's remarkable history seeks, too, to rekindle a sense of constitutional possibility. Congressman Jamie Raskin writes that Lepore "has thrown us a lifeline, a way of seeing the Constitution neither as an authoritarian straitjacket nor a foolproof magic amulet but as the arena of fierce, logical, passionate, and often deadly struggle for a more perfect union." At a time when the Constitution's vulnerability is all too evident, and the risk of political violence all too real, We the People, with its shimmering prose and pioneering research, hints at the prospects for a better constitutional future, an amended America"--

Subjects: Informational works.; United States.; Constitutions; Constitutional history; Constitutional amendments; Constitutional amendments; Democracy;

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The 50 States and their local governments / by Fesler, James W.(James William),1911-2005.(CARDINAL)145738; Bosworth, Karl A.(Karl Andrew),1909-1970.(CARDINAL)195285; American Assembly.Forty-eight States.;

Bibliography: pages 589-603.I. Introduction / James W. Fesler : 1. The scope of responsibilities : population and area ; expenditures ; employment ; functions. 2. Roles in the American political system : distribution of functions ; political interpenetration. 3. Political systems : understanding political systems in general ; appraising state and local political systems. 4. A preliminary stock-taking : the heritage ; the American system ; politics ; policy making ; administration ; judging ; the local level ; the future -- II. The heritage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Allan R. Richards : 5. The early state governments (1776-1800) : popular government and individual rights ; separation of powers and legislative supremacy ; limited democracy ; cities, towns, and counties. 6. The democratic reorientation (1800-1860) : decline of the legislature ; strengthening and weakening the chief executive ; democratization of the judiciary ; development of political organizations and parties ; economic and social activities ; summary, 1800-1860 -- III. Half of our century / Allan R. Richards : 7. Mistrust and reform (1900-1920) : political reform ; expertness and administrative efficiency ; regulation and service. 8. Modern times (1920-1950) : regulation and service ; constitutional inadequacy ; elections and representation ; the reorganization movement. 9. Our traditions -- IV. Functions of state and local governments / Harvey C. Mansfield : 10. The jobs of the states : the states as middlemen ; variations among states ; the declining sense of community ; general characteristics ; traditional functions. 11. The jobs of local governments. 12. Education : public schools ; school desegregation ; higher education. 13. Transportation : highways ; airports. 14. Planning, public business, and private enterprise : planning ; natural resources and outdoor recreation ; public ownership ; private enterprise ; liquor control. 15. Health and welfare : health ; mental health ; welfare. 16. Conclusion -- V. Intergovernmental relations / Harvey C. Mansfield : 17. The states and the nation : admission of new states ; expanding national powers ; state reactions ; federal-state suits ; criteria for national action ; federal aid. 18. The states as neighbors : interstate comity ; interstate cooperation. 19. The states and their localities : state and county ; state and city ; home rule. 20. Dealings among local units. 21. Direct national-local relations. 22. State and local finances : relation to national finances ; some general trends ; revenue problems -- VI. Elections and political parties / Dayton D. McKean : 23. The importance of state politics : low visibility ; the road to national office ; the autonomy of state politics. 24. The rules of the game : the suffrage ; election administration ; the nominating process ; nonpartisan nominations and election ; direct legislation ; money. 25. The politics of institutions : separation of powers ; legislative representation ; the governor's role ; party structure ; the electoral college. 26. Conclusion -- VII. Patterns of politics / Dayton D. McKean : 27. Sectionalism : the one-party states ; the border states ; new England ; the two-party states ; a conservative-liberal realignment? 28. Other components of party preferences : social and economic class ; other personal characteristics ; cities and suburbs. 29. Bosses and machines : urban, state, and rural bosses ; causes of bossism. 30. Interest groups : the number and variety of groups ; federalism and interest groups ; the lobby ; the invisible government ; patterns of interest group politics; some unsolved problems ; benefits of group politics. 31. Conclusion -- VIII. Legislators and governors / Karl A. Bosworth and James W. Fesler : 32. Representation in the legislature : the bicameral tradition ; the unicameral alternative ; representation and misrepresentation: the states' records; representation and the United States Constitution ; issues in the representation debate ; who should reapportion a state legislature? ; other dimensions of representation.33. The legislators : how big should a legislative body be? ; who goes to the legislature? ; terms and tenure ; pay for legislators ; legislators' behavior. 34. The governors : the governorship ; term of office ; career patterns. 35. Conclusion. IX. Policy making / Karl A. Bosworth : 36. What is policy? : how are policies manifested? ; substance of state policy. 37. The state constitution : constitutional essentials and nonessentials ; amending the constitution ; constitutional revision. 38. Special legislation : local laws ; other special legislation. 39. Direct legislation : the initiative ; the referendum. 40. Lawmaking: informed, orderly deliberation : the formal deliberative process ; the public's information and participation ; policy research ; legislative committees ; sessions. 41. Lawmaking: policy leadership and decision making : finding issues ; organization for decision ; the governor and the legislature ; the nongovernor and alternative leaders. 42. Criticism and protest. 43. Conclusion -- X. Administrative organization / York Willbern : 44. Organizing the administration : the inherited pattern ; demands for change ; little hoover commissions ; guiding principles of the reorganization movement. 45. Fragmentation of the executive branch : pressures for separation ; devices for separatism. 46. Separatism versus integration : the case for integration ; doubts about integration ; crucial role of the chief executive ; separatism - an illustration. 47. Prospects for reorganization -- XI. Personnel and money / York Willbern : 48. Workers in the state vineyard. 49. Spoils and merit : extent of the merit system ; patronage and political values ; civil service and administrative values ; adjustment to realities ; professional replacing amateurs. 50. Personnel management : organizational alternatives ; agenda of concerns ; employee associations and unions ; the vital spark. 51. Managing money : who prepares the budget? ; nature of the budget ; funds and earmarking ; controlling the use of appropriated money ; collecting taxes. 52. Conclusion -- XII. Courts and judges: power and politics / Victor G. Rosenblum : 53. The scope of state judicial power : appellate and trial courts. 54. The methods of judicial policy making : advantages of judicial policy making ; the role of precedents ; the role of discretionary power. 55. Politics and the judiciary : election of judges ; the "Missouri Plan" ; political subtleties and stakes ; abuses of the judicial function. 56. Conclusion --XIII. Judicial reform: needs and prospects / Victor G. Rosenblum : 57. Obstacles to judicial efficacy : delay ; judicial organization and administration ; rules of procedure ; access to the courts and representation by counsel. 58. Prospects for progress : empiricism in legal research ; deformalization ; some reform programs ; reorienting criminal law ; administration. 59. Conclusion -- XIIII. Local governments - the cities / Robert L. Morlan : 60. The nature of local government : the justification for local self-government ; complexity of American local government ; legal status and powers: city charters ; urbanization. 61. Types of municipal government : weak mayor with council ; strong mayor with council ; commission government ; council-manager government ; the mayor-administrator plan. 62. Municipal politics: lawmaking and elections : city councils ; councilmen and citizens ; elections at-large or by wards ; proportional representation ; partisan versus nonpartisan elections. 63. Conclusion : doctrine and practice -- XV. Local governments: an embarrassment of riches / Robert L. Morlan : 64. The county : governmental patterns ; merger proposals ; a focus of responsibility ; urban services. 65. Towns, townships, and villages : new England towns ; townships ; villages. 66. The governing of the metropolitan areas : scope of problems ; the whole and the parts ; a single metropolitan government ; single-function consolidated services ; annexation and extra-territoriality ; general approaches to solutions. 67. Conclusion -- XVI. The future of state and local government / James W. Fesler : 68. Responsibilities of the future : the states’ people ; the cities’ and the suburbs’ people. 69. The capabilities of state governments : the effects of the reapportionment ; spread of two-party competition. 70. The capabilities of local governments : three schools of thought ; big cities. 71. The future character of federalism : the federal government’s changing role ; the critical capabilities: geographic ; fiscal capability ; political capability ; administrative capability. 72. Conclusion.

Subjects: State governments.; Local government;

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