02546nam 2200457 450 991055420160332120230424084534.09780300258646electronic book0-300-25864-X10.12987/9780300258646(CKB)4100000011725436(MiAaPQ)EBC6455828(DE-B1597)583199(DE-B1597)9780300258646(EXLCZ)99410000001172543620210310d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfter democracy imagining our political future /Zizi PapacharissiNew Haven, Connecticut :Yale University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (177 pages) illustrations0-300-24596-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --One. What If? --Two. Democracy on the Run --Three. To Be a Citizen --Four. Toward the New --Five. Before Democracy --Notes --IndexWhat do ordinary citizens really want from their governments? Democracy has long been considered an ideal state of governance. What if it's not? Perhaps it is not the end goal but, rather, a transition stage to something better. Drawing on original interviews conducted with citizens of more than thirty countries, Zizi Papacharissi explores what democracy is, what it means to be a citizen, and what can be done to enhance governance. As she probes the ways governments can better serve their citizens and evolve in positive ways, Papacharissi gives a voice to everyday people, whose ideas and experiences of capitalism, media, and education can help shape future governing practices. This book expands on the well-known difficulties of realizing the intimacy of democracy in a global world-the "democratic paradox"-and presents a concrete vision of how communications technologies can be harnessed to implement representative equality, information equality, and civic literacy.DemocracyRepresentative government and representationDemocracy.Representative government and representation.320Papacharissi Ziziaut1124734MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910554201603321After democracy2819953UNINA