Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Janette Hartz-Karp
• Lyn Carson
• JANETTE HARTZ-KARP
• RON LUBENSKY
• JOHN GASTIL
• LYN CARSON

Titel

PUTTING CITIZENS IN CHARGE: COMPARING THE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS’ PARLIAMENT AND THE AUSTRALIA 2020 SUMMIT

Ist Teil von

• The Australian Citizens' Parliament and the Future of Deliberative Democracy, 2013, p.21-34

Ort / Verlag

United States: Penn State University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Australia is one of the world’s stable liberal democracies. It has a history of democratic innovation.¹ But the “Democratic Audit of Australia” and other studies tell a story of falling confidence in our political system.² Symptoms include low levels of citizen engagement, apathy and cynicism toward politics, declining membership in and public support for political parties, and growing numbers of young Australians seeking to avoid mandatory voter registration.³ Some observers trace the malaise to a “democratic deficit”—institutional arrangements and conduct that appear at odds with the normative ideals of democracy, including factionalism within parties, the intentional polarization of issues