SSIR Winter 2020 Supplement: Realizing Democracy
The supplement and series seeks to reimagine the relationship among civil society, government, and the economy, asking what it would take to realize the full promise of democracy in the United States. The authors offer some ways of understanding the root causes of our problems: For example, are we solving problems of information or problems of power? What kinds of polarization do we actually need to worry about? They identify key points in the system where we can exercise outsized leverage, and they each identify a core component of realizing a multi-racial democratic “we”: building up certain types of civic organization and countervailing power.
Below is a list of the articles and authors with links to each of the pieces:
Framing
- Realizing Democracy by K. Sabeel Rahman
- Solving Problems of Power by Hahrie Han
Civil Society
- Reclaiming Civil Society by Marshall Ganz and Art Reyes
- People Power by Doran Schrantz, Michelle Oyakawa, and Liz McKenna
Government
- Revitalizing People-Based Government by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Florida State Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith
- Representing the People by Arisha Hatch and Terri Gerstein
Economy
- Democratize the Economy by Felicia Wong, K. Sabeel Rahman, and Dorian Warren
- Workplace Power by Andrea Dehlendorf and Michelle Miller
- Reversing Income Inequality by Jane McAlevey
- Other People’s Money by Anat R. Admati
Closing
- Against Nostalgia by Lisa Garcia Bedolla
