Hope for democracy : how citizens can bring reason back into politics /

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Author / Creator:Gastil, John, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Language:English
Series:Oxford scholarship online
Oxford scholarship online.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12686413
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Other authors / contributors:Knobloch, Katherine R., author.
ISBN:9780190084561 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2020).
Summary:'Hope for Democracy' recognizes the primary problems that plague contemporary democracy and offers a solution. It tells the story of one civic innovation, the Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR), which asks a small group of citizens to analyze a ballot measure and then provide recommendations on that measure for the public to use when voting. It relies on narratives of the civic reformers who developed and implemented the CIR and the citizens who participated in the initial review. Coupled with extensive research, the text uses these stories to describe how the review came into being and what impacts it has on participants and the public.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version : 9780190084523