Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents 5
3. List of Figures and Tables 9
4. 1 The Need to Rethink Democracy 1
5. 2 How to Start Rethinking Democracy? 6
6. Part I Understanding the Past
7. 3 Democratic Efficacy 25
8. 4 Two Success Stories 39
9. 5 Waning Democratic Efficacy 54
10. Part II Creating the Future
11. 6 Individualizing Participation 75
12. 7 Individualizing Representation 91
13. 8 Making Decisions Together 105
14. Part II Coping With the Present
15. 9 Ending the Current Crisis 123
16. 10 Growing Democracy in Unexpected Places 146
17. 11 Solving Global Problems 160
18. Part IV Starting the New Dynamic
19. 12 Two Steps to Stability 179
20. 13 A Movement of Movements 192
21. 14 Redoing Democracy 210
22. Civil Democracy Glossary 263
23. Bibliography
24. Acknowledgements
25. Index