Doing Democracy with Circles
Author : Jennifer Ball
Publisher : Living Justice Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 26,78 MB
Release : 2013-11
Category :
ISBN : 1937141071
Author : Jennifer Ball
Publisher : Living Justice Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 26,78 MB
Release : 2013-11
Category :
ISBN : 1937141071
Author : Jennifer Ball
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9780972188661
Author : Bill Moyer
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,70 MB
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780865714182
An empowering guide to understanding the strategies behind successful social movements.
Author : Kay Pranis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1680990411
Our ancestors gathered around a fire in a circle, families gather around their kitchen tables in circles, and now we are gathering in circles as communities to solve problems. The practice draws on the ancient Native American tradition of a talking piece. Peacemaking Circles are used in neighborhoods to provide support for those harmed by crime and to decide sentences for those who commit crime, in schools to create positive classroom climates and resolve behavior problems, in the workplace to deal with conflict, and in social services to develop more organic support systems for people struggling to get their lives together. A title in The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series.
Author : Kay Pranis
Publisher : Living Justice Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,50 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 1937141012
Author : Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110711392X
A passionate examination of why international anti-corruption fails to deliver results and how we should understand and build good governance.
Author : Henrike Knappe
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3863883128
Transnational civil society networks have become increasingly important democratizing actors in global politics. Still, the exploration of democracy in such networks remains conceptually and methodologically challenging. Practice theory provides a framework to study democracy as routinized performances even in contexts of fluid boundaries, temporal relations and a diffuse constituency. The author attempts to understand how new forms of democratic practice emerge in the interaction between political actors and their structural environments.
Author : Susan Clark
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1603584137
Reconnecting with the sources of decisions that affect us, and with the processes of democracy itself, is at the heart of 21st-century sustainable communities. Slow Democracy chronicles the ways in which ordinary people have mobilized to find local solutions to local problems. It invites us to bring the advantages of "slow" to our community decision making. Just as slow food encourages chefs and eaters to become more intimately involved with the production of local food, slow democracy encourages us to govern ourselves locally with processes that are inclusive, deliberative, and citizen powered. Susan Clark and Woden Teachout outline the qualities of real, local decision making and show us the range of ways that communities are breathing new life into participatory democracy around the country. We meet residents who seize back control of their municipal water systems from global corporations, parents who find unique solutions to seemingly divisive school-redistricting issues, and a host of other citizens across the nation who have designed local decision-making systems to solve the problems unique to their area in ways that work best for their communities. Though rooted in the direct participation that defined our nation's early days, slow democracy is not a romantic vision for reigniting the ways of old. Rather, the strategies outlined here are uniquely suited to 21st-century technologies and culture.If our future holds an increased focus on local food, local energy, and local economy, then surely we will need to improve our skills at local governance as well.
Author : Robert D. Putnam
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 1994-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400820740
Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity.
Author : Jan-Werner Müller
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0374720711
A much-anticipated guide to saving democracy, from one of our most essential political thinkers. Everyone knows that democracy is in trouble, but do we know what democracy actually is? Jan-Werner Müller, author of the widely translated and acclaimed What Is Populism?, takes us back to basics in Democracy Rules. In this short, elegant volume, he explains how democracy is founded not just on liberty and equality, but also on uncertainty. The latter will sound unattractive at a time when the pandemic has created unbearable uncertainty for so many. But it is crucial for ensuring democracy’s dynamic and creative character, which remains one of its signal advantages over authoritarian alternatives that seek to render politics (and individual citizens) completely predictable. Müller shows that we need to re-invigorate the intermediary institutions that have been deemed essential for democracy’s success ever since the nineteenth century: political parties and free media. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these are not spent forces in a supposed age of post-party populist leadership and post-truth. Müller suggests concretely how democracy’s critical infrastructure of intermediary institutions could be renovated, re-empowering citizens while also preserving a place for professionals such as journalists and judges. These institutions are also indispensable for negotiating a democratic social contract that reverses the secession of plutocrats and the poorest from a common political world.