{"product_id":"democratizing-inequalities-dilemmas-of-the-new-public-participation-hardback-9781479847273","title":"Democratizing Inequalities; Dilemmas of the New Public Participation (Hardback) 9781479847273","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocratizing Inequalities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDilemmas of the New Public Participation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCaroline W. Lee (Edited by), Michael McQuarrie (Edited by), Edward T. Walker (Edited by), Craig Calhoun (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479847273\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Democratizing Inequalities is a timely and provocative compilation that demonstrates how participatory practices across a range of expected and unexpected locations cut both waysopening up avenues for citizen engagement while also limiting the democratic potential assumed to follow. The chapters in this volume are a welcome empirical corrective to celebratory discourses of citizen participation, and the book is certain to be an important resource for researchers and practitioners interested in the democratic possibilities of the 'new public participation.'\" - Debra Minkoff,author of Organizing for Equality \"The authors of Democratizing Inequalities set out to problematize the belief in public participation as a simplistic social good. With this collection of research-based studies and theoretical assessments of the field of participation and democracy studies they have thoughtfully and thoroughly achieved their goal.\" - Lynne M. Woehrle ,Mount Mary University (Mobilization) \"The book is incredibly timely and deserves attention for its quality of scholarship and for its subject matter. It is an example of how research can both be scholarly and have uses for actors outside of academia.\" (Contemporary Sociology) \"This is an exceptionally timely volume, consistently strong in its individual contributions and coherent in its collective analysis. Democratizing Inequalities both defines a major question for contemporary politicshow and why does political participation matterand advances a convincing contrarian argument. This volume and the questions raised within highlight a vital conversation about political theory and policy that is likely to be with us for many years.\" - Elisabeth Clemens,author of The People's Lobby \"The volume clearly illustrates the complexities of democracy and deliberative politics. It shows us that, despite participatory processes, we have yet to perfect democracy. The book challenges us to consider whether deliberative processes achieve what we want them to.\" (Mobilization)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpportunities to \"have your say,\" \"get involved,\" and \"join the\u003cbr\u003e conversation\" are everywhere in public life. From crowdsourcing and town hall\u003cbr\u003e meetings to government experiments with social media, participatory politics increasingly\u003cbr\u003e seem like a revolutionary antidote to the decline of civic engagement and the\u003cbr\u003e thinning of the contemporary public sphere. Many argue that, with new\u003cbr\u003e technologies, flexible organizational cultures, and a supportive policymaking\u003cbr\u003e context, we now hold the keys to large-scale democratic revitalization.\u003cbr\u003e Democratizing Inequalities shows that the equation may not be so\u003cbr\u003e simple. Modern societies face a variety of structural problems that limit\u003cbr\u003e potentials for true democratization, as well as vast inequalities in political\u003cbr\u003e action and voice that are not easily resolved by participatory solutions. Popular\u003cbr\u003e participation may even reinforce elite power in unexpected ways. Resisting an\u003cbr\u003e oversimplified account of participation as empowerment, this collection of\u003cbr\u003e essays brings together a diverse range of leading scholars to reveal surprising\u003cbr\u003e insights into how dilemmas of the new public participation play out in politics\u003cbr\u003e and organizations. Through investigations including fights over the\u003cbr\u003e authenticity of business-sponsored public participation, the surge of the Tea\u003cbr\u003e Party, the role of corporations in electoral campaigns, and participatory\u003cbr\u003e budgeting practices in Brazil, Democratizing\u003cbr\u003e Inequalities seeks to refresh our understanding of public participation and\u003cbr\u003e trace the reshaping of authority in today's political environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591115632920,"sku":"9781479847273","price":49.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democratizing-inequalities-dilemmas-of-the-new-public-participation-hardback-9781479847273","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}