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Hope for Democracy
How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back into Politics
By: John Gastil, Katherine Knobloch
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

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Hope for Democracy

Name: Hope for Democracy
Brand: John Gastil
SKU: BK_ACX0_213948UK
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By: John Gastil, Katherine Knobloch

Narrated by: Victor Bevine

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Summary

Hope for Democracy introduces new tools for tamping down hyper-partisanship and placing citizens at the heart of the democratic process.

It showcases the Citizens' Initiative Review, which convenes a stratified random sample of citizens to study ballot measures. Citizen panelists interrogate advocates, opponents, and experts, then write an analysis that distills their findings for voters. Gastil and Knobloch reveal how this process has helped voters better understand the policy issues placed on their ballots.

Placed in the larger context of democratic reforms, Hope for Democracy shows how citizens and public officials can work together to bring more rationality and empathy into modern politics.