Do-it-yourself democracy : the rise of the public engagement industry / Caroline W. Lee.

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"A provocative look at the promise and frustrating reality of participation and deliberation in America today Citizen participation has undergone a radical shift since anxieties about "bowling alone" seized the nation in the 1990s. Many pundits and observers have cheered America's twenty-first cent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Caroline W.
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Social action > United States.
Democracy > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy.
Physical Description:viii, 292 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book
Contents:
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  • Introduction: Democracy 2.0?
  • Part I: A Different Approach to the Public Engagement Renaissance
  • 1. Are You Ready to Talk? Democracy in Miniature
  • 2. The Idealists Behind the Curtain
  • Part II: Process Evangelists: Spreading the Gospel of Deliberation
  • 3. Debating Facilitator Roles: Challenging Enemy Institutions or Embracing Living Systems?
  • 4. Walking Our Talk: Zen, Jesus, and Being the Change
  • Part III: Authenticity Above All: Civic Engagement as a Management Tool
  • 5. The Arts and Crafts of Real Engagement
  • 6. Tiny Expectations: Activating Empathetic Citizens
  • Part IV: A Punishing Practice: The Spirit of Deliberative Capitalism
  • 7. Sharing the Pain: The Lessons Deliberation Teaches
  • Conclusion: Down Market Democracy and the Politics of Hope
  • Postscript: Notes on Data and Methods
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.