How the digital revolution has irrevocably altered how we engage with participatory democracy, and with how democracy works for us.
"In our new book, Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism, we address the three greatest challenges on the horizon: how the participatory power of social media has been a game changer for democratic governance, the impact of digital capitalism on the future of work and social equality, and the challenge that China presents to a polarized and paralyzed West. We present three chief responses, the three “p’s”: participation without populism, predistribution of wealth instead of only the redistribution of the industrial welfare state era, and “positive nationalism” as the precondition of global cooperation. It is not enough, we argue, for the dysfunctional democracies of the West to stand up to the growing influence of authoritarian states like China and Russia; they must in the first place, and above all, seek to repair themselves or risk ending up on the wrong side of history."
Book Excerpt: Rethinking Democracy, the Social Contract, and Globalization