Title Civic Power : Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis / K. Sabeel Rahman, Hollie Russon Gilman

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (290 pages) Contents Democracy in crisis -- Democracy and inequality as a function of the balance of power -- Organizing for power -- From governance to power-rethinking democracy reform -- Bureaucratizing participation -- Power-oriented policy design -- Democracy's future Summary What will it take to restore American democracy and rescue it from this moment of crisis? Civic Power argues that the current threat to US democracy is rooted not just in the outcome of the 2016 election, but in deeper, systemic forms of inequality that concentrate economic and political power in the hands of the few at the expense of the many. Drawing on historical and social science research and case studies of contemporary democratic innovations across the country, Civic Power calls for a broader approach to democracy reform focused on meaningfully redistributing power to citizens. It advocates for both reviving grassroots civil society and novel approaches to governance, policymaking, civic technology, and institutional design - aimed at dismantling structural disparities to build a more inclusive, empowered, bottom-up democracy, where communities and people have greater voice, power, and agency Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Aug 2019) Subject Political participation -- United States Democracy -- United States Power (Social sciences) -- United States Democracy Political participation Politics and government Power (Social sciences) SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017 United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021 Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Russon Gilman, Hollie, author ISBN 9781108380744 1108380743

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