TY - BOOK ID - 4877762 TI - Democratizing inequalities : dilemmas of the new public participation AU - Lee, Caroline W. AU - McQuarrie, Michael AU - Walker, Edward T PY - 2015 SN - 9781479883363 9781479847273 1479883360 1479847275 PB - New York (N.Y.): New York University press, DB - UniCat KW - Political participation KW - Social participation KW - Democracy KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Equality KW - Participation politique KW - Participation sociale KW - Démocratie KW - Elite (Sciences sociales) KW - Egalité (Sociologie) KW - Political participation. KW - Social participation. KW - Democracy. KW - Equality. KW - #SBIB:324H50 KW - Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Liberty KW - Elites (Social sciences) KW - Leadership KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Social classes KW - Social groups KW - Self-government KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Participation, Social KW - Community life KW - Citizen participation KW - Community action KW - Community involvement KW - Community participation KW - Involvement, Community KW - Mass political behavior KW - Participation, Citizen KW - Participation, Community KW - Participation, Political KW - Political activity KW - Political behavior KW - Political rights KW - Political activists KW - Politics, Practical KW - Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) KW - Démocratie KW - Egalité (Sociologie) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4877762 AB - "Opportunities to "have your say," "get involved," and "join the conversation" are everywhere in public life. From crowdsourcing and town hall meetings to government experiments with social media, participatory politics increasingly seem like a revolutionary antidote to the decline of civic engagement and the thinning of the contemporary public sphere. Many argue that, with new technologies, flexible organizational cultures, and a supportive policymaking context, we now hold the keys to large-scale democratic revitalization. Democratizing Inequalities shows that the equation may not be so simple. Modern societies face a variety of structural problems that limit potentials for true democratization, as well as vast inequalities in political action and voice that are not easily resolved by participatory solutions. Popular participation may even reinforce elite power in unexpected ways. Resisting an oversimplified account of participation as empowerment, this collection of essays brings together a diverse range of leading scholars to reveal surprising insights into how dilemmas of the new public participation play out in politics and organizations. Through investigations including fights over the authenticity of business-sponsored public participation, the surge of the Tea Party, the role of corporations in electoral campaigns, and participatory budgeting practices in Brazil, Democratizing Inequalities seeks to refresh our understanding of public participation and trace the reshaping of authority in today's political environment"-- ER -