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Author : Clement Bezold
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Anticipatory Democracy written by Clement Bezold and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1978 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rob A. DeLeo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317604954
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Anticipatory Policymaking written by Rob A. DeLeo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public policy analysts and political pundits alike tend to describe the policymaking process as a reactive sequence in which government develops solutions for clearly evident and identifiable problems. While this depiction holds true in many cases, it fails to account for instances in which public policy is enacted in anticipation of a potential future problem. Whereas traditional policy concerns manifest themselves through ongoing harms, "anticipatory problems" are projected to occur sometime in the future, and it is the prospect of their potentially catastrophic impact that generates intense speculation and concern in the present. Anticipatory Policymaking: When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult provides an in depth examination of the complex process through which United States government institutions anticipate emerging threats. Using contemporary debates over the risks associated with nanotechnology, pandemic influenza, and global warming as case study material, Rob A. DeLeo highlights the distinctive features of proactive governance. By challenging the pervasive assumption of reactive policymaking, DeLeo provides a dynamic approach for conceptualizing the political dimensions of anticipatory policy change.
Author : Timothy Snyder
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0804190119
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book On Tyranny written by Timothy Snyder and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.
Author : George Chaplin
Publisher : Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii for the Governor's Conference on the Year 2000
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Hawaii 2000; Continuing Experiment in Anticipatory Democracy written by George Chaplin and published by Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii for the Governor's Conference on the Year 2000. This book was released on 1973 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David W. Orr
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262376474
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Democracy in a Hotter Time written by David W. Orr and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major book to deal with the dual crises of democracy and climate change as one interrelated threat to the human future and to identify a path forward. Democracy in a Hotter Time calls for reforming democratic institutions as a prerequisite for avoiding climate chaos and adapting governance to how Earth works as a physical system. To survive in the “long emergency” ahead, we must reform and strengthen democratic institutions, making them assets rather than liabilities. Edited by David W. Orr, this vital collection of essays proposes a new political order that will not only help humanity survive but also enable us to thrive in the transition to a post–fossil fuel world. Orr gathers leading scholars, public intellectuals, and political leaders to address the many problems confronting our current political systems. Few other books have taken a systems view of the effects of a rapidly destabilizing climate on our laws and governance or offered such a diversity of solutions. These thoughtful and incisive essays cover subjects from Constitutional reform to participatory urban design to education; together, they aim to invigorate the conversation about the human future in practical ways that will improve the effectiveness of democratic institutions and lay the foundation for a more durable and just democracy. Contributors William J. Barber III, JD, William S. Becker, Holly Jean Buck, Stan Cox, Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, Ann Florini, David H. Guston, Katrina Kuh, Gordon LaForge, Hélène Landemore, Frances Moore Lappé, Daniel Lindvall, Richard Louv, James R. May, Frederick W. Mayer, Bill McKibben, Michael Oppenheimer, David W. Orr, Wellington Reiter, Kim Stanley Robinson, Anne-Marie Slaughter
Author : Michael K. MacKenzie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197557155
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Future Publics written by Michael K. MacKenzie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This chapter outlines four interrelated but conceptually distinct claims that have been made by proponents of the democratic myopia thesis. It has been argued that democratic systems are functionally shortsighted because of: 1) the myopic preferences of voters; 2) the political dynamics of short electoral cycles; 3) the fact that future others who will be affected by our decisions cannot be included in our decision making processes; and 4) the reality that democratic processes are often captured by powerful actors with dominant short-term objectives. When taken together these four arguments make a persuasive case for why democracies might be functionally shortsighted. This chapter - and the book as a whole - argues that we do not need to choose between our normative commitments to democracy and the well-being of our future selves and future others, because there are democratic responses to each of these components of the democratic myopia thesis"--
Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Democracy and Education written by John Dewey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1916 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.
Author : Roberto Poli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319630237
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Anticipation Studies written by Roberto Poli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the theory of anticipation, and establishes anticipation of the future as a legitimate topic of research. It examines anticipatory behavior, i.e. a behavior that ‘uses’ the future in its actual decisional process. The book shows that anticipation violates neither the ontological order of time nor causation. It explores the question of how different kinds of systems anticipate, and examines the risks and uses of such anticipatory practices. The book first summarizes the research on anticipation conducted within a range of different disciplines, and describes the connection between the anticipatory point of view and futures studies. Following that, its chapters on Wholes, Time and Emergence, make explicit the ontological framework within which anticipation finds its place. It then goes on to discuss Systems, Complexity, and the Modeling Relation, and provides the scientific background supporting anticipation. It restricts formal technicalities to one chapter, and presents those technicalities twice, in formal and plain words to advance understanding. The final chapter shows that all the threads presented in the previous chapters naturally converge toward what has come to be called “Discipline of Anticipation”
Author : David Osborne
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452269423
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Reinventing Government written by David Osborne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A landmark in the debate on the future of public policy."—The Washington Post.
Author : Russell L. Hanson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400857856
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Democratic Imagination in America written by Russell L. Hanson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell Hanson discovers in the history of democratic rhetoric in the United States a series of essential contests" over the meaning of democracy that have occurred in periods of political and socio-economic change. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Cristina Lafont
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198848188
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Democracy Without Shortcuts written by Cristina Lafont and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defends the value of democratic participation. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it.
Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)
Download or read book Radical Democracy written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-08-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Radical Democracy? This book explores Radical Democracy's transformative potential, focusing on its principles, practices, and influence on modern political movements. It's a key resource for those interested in democratic innovations and social justice. Chapters Highlights: 1: Radical Democracy - Examine its core principles, challenge to traditional models, and focus on inclusivity and empowerment. 2: Deliberative Democracy - Discover how deliberation fosters informed, reflective discussions and enhances democratic engagement. 3: Ernesto Laclau - Review Laclau's contributions to Radical Democracy and his theories on populism. 4: Chantal Mouffe - Understand Mouffe’s impact, especially her ideas on agonism and the role of conflict in democracy. 5: Agonism - Explore the importance of political conflict for democracy as opposed to consensus models. 6: Andrew Arato - Investigate Arato’s views on civil society and constitutionalism in the context of Radical Democracy. 7: The Democratic Paradox - Analyze the tension between liberalism and popular sovereignty as described by Mouffe. 8: Post-Marxism - Examine how Radical Democracy intersects with Post-Marxism, focusing on power and social change. 9: Cristina Lafont - Delve into Lafont’s focus on communication and public reasoning in democratic theory. 10: Oral Democracy - Learn about the role of verbal communication in decision-making processes. 11: Democracy - Get a broad overview of democratic principles and their historical and contemporary applications. 12: Deliberation - Study how deliberation bridges divides and fosters mutual understanding. 13: Public Sphere - Explore the role of the public sphere in political action and democratic vitality. 14: Communicative Action - Understand Habermas’s concept of communicative action for achieving consensus. 15: Hegemony and Socialist Strategy - Analyze strategies for achieving hegemony in democratic societies. 16: Types of Democracy - Compare various democratic forms, from direct to representative. 17: Post-politics - Examine the shift from traditional ideologies to technocratic governance. 18: Citizens' Assembly - Learn how citizens' assemblies enable direct public participation in decision-making. 19: Essex School of Discourse Analysis - Understand the Essex School’s discourse analysis approach and its relevance to Radical Democracy. 20: Democratic Socialism - Explore democratic socialism’s blend of governance and social equity. 21: Online Deliberation - Investigate how digital platforms enhance democratic engagement. This book offers deep insights into Radical Democracy’s principles and practices, making it a valuable read for those interested in democratic governance.
Author : Harem Karem
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031275446
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Cyberdemocracy written by Harem Karem and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is explicitly modernist at a time when many scholars have either forgotten the emancipatory promise of the Enlightenment or railed against it in the name of postmodernism. The book, broadly, adopts a hybrid epistemology that utilises the critical insights of Geisteswissenschaften Tradition (Weberian ‘Ideal-Type Analysis’) and the Habermas (1988) notions of the ‘public sphere’ and deliberative/dialogic democracy (‘ideal speech’) to advance a general proposition of democratic renewal by way of cyberdemocracy. Curiously, as democracy spreads across the world in the age of globalisation, it has also been accompanied by increased discontent with democratic systems. To that end, this book is not overly concerned with saving democracy beyond the liberal representative model, rather the focus is on how modern representative democracy has failed and how cyberdemocracy might function as a more effective model that truly represents the people by broadening participation and reflexive deliberation.
Author : Ben A. Minteer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742515239
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Democracy and the Claims of Nature written by Ben A. Minteer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding of each for the other.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1290 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trenton Fervor
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475981015
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)
Download or read book The Myth of American Democracy written by Trenton Fervor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his current work, Trenton Fervorauthor of The Last Individual: The Ascendancy of the Sociomaniacal Mindsetdelivers a critical exposition of democracy and its defects. The Myth of American Democracy is an unapologetic critique of the American political system and an attempt to dismantle the mystique perpetuated to sanctify and sanction it. Fervor entreats the reader to reexamine the notion of democracy and its attendant processesabsent the sophistic demagogueryand to more closely consider the actual nature of the institution, and the establishment behemoth which inhabits and advances it. The reader is encouraged to confront the myth and deception which pervade the contemporary conception of democracy, and to accept the reality that the democratic emperor is naked. Democracy today is in truth fundamentally absurd: its premise is that an ideologically coherent, consistent, and efficient social policy program can be constructed by formulating each aspect of the overall program through a process of majoritarian amalgamation of contradictory, incongruent, and confrontational views. The Myth of American Democracy is an important rebuke of conventional democratic orthodoxy which will challenge readers to reevaluate their sympathies for the system. This book is recommended reading for everyone who has wrestled with the troubling suspicion that there is something inherently dubious and defective about the democratic system.
Author : Ted Becker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313390339
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book The Future of Teledemocracy written by Ted Becker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the new physics as the scientific foundation of transformational politics, Becker and Slaton write compellingly about teledemocracy, social energy, and democratic quanta. They outline their quantum political theory in rich detail, demonstrating how we have entered a phase of highly charged, erratic, and sometimes self-contradictory packets of social political energy that appears to occur with a rough regularity but with differing levels of velocity and force. Becker and Slaton explore the current state and future of televoting, electronic town meetings, and other initiatives designed to put the public back into public affairs. This book will prove to be a fascinating read for scholars, students, researchers, and policymakers interested in new political paradigms, politics, and public administration.
