TY - JOUR
T1 - Mending Democracy: A response to our readers
AU - Boswell, John
AU - Ercan, Selen A
AU - Hendriks, Carolyn
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The article argues that while the book brilliantly illustrates the many ways of democratic mending, there is an essential blind spot that runs through the entire book: economic inequality. Democratic processes seem strangely disconnected from the conditions under which people live. However, there can be no democratic equality and no just democracy as long as living conditions in society and among societies remain highly unequal. Accordingly, to unleash its potential the concept of mending should be enriched with an analysis and an understanding of the global political economy of inequality.
AB - The article argues that while the book brilliantly illustrates the many ways of democratic mending, there is an essential blind spot that runs through the entire book: economic inequality. Democratic processes seem strangely disconnected from the conditions under which people live. However, there can be no democratic equality and no just democracy as long as living conditions in society and among societies remain highly unequal. Accordingly, to unleash its potential the concept of mending should be enriched with an analysis and an understanding of the global political economy of inequality.
U2 - 10.1080/19460171.2022.2028644
DO - 10.1080/19460171.2022.2028644
M3 - Article
SN - 1946-0171
VL - 16
SP - 237
EP - 240
JO - Critical Policy Studies
JF - Critical Policy Studies
IS - 2
ER -