Do-it-yourself democracy : the rise of the public engagement industry /
Lee, Caroline W.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
Political participation
Social action
Democracy