Reconstructing Democracy
Subtitle: How Citizens Are Building from the Ground Up
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780674244627
Subjects: Community power; Political participation; Democracy
Description: "Today's democracies suffer from two mutually reinforcing ills: declining problem-solving capacities and a growing disconnect between the people and political elites. Reconstructing Democracy offers case studies in citizen efficacy, showing how people can solve problems locally and thereby quell the frustrations that demagogues prey on"--