{"product_id":"book-f6ci","title":"Future Publics","description":"Scholars have often claimed that democracies, whatever their virtues, are functionally short-sighted. The evidence is clear: we have been unable to manage many long-term issues, including climate change, nuclear waste disposal, natural disaster preparedness, infrastructure maintenance, and budget deficits. To solve long-term problems, do we need political systems that are less democratic, or even authoritarian?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis idea, which Michael K. MacKenzie calls the \"democratic myopia thesis,\" is a sort of conventional wisdom; it is an idea that scholars and pundits take for granted as a truth about democracy without subjecting it to adequate critical scrutiny. In \u003ci\u003eFuture Publics\u003c\/i\u003e, MacKenzie challenges this conventional wisdom and articulates a deliberative, democratic theory of future-regarding collective action. MacKenzie argues that each part of the democratic myopia problem can be addressed through democratic—rather than authoritarian—means. At a more fundamental level, once we recognize that democratic practices are world-making activities that empower us to make our shared worlds together, they should also be understood as future-making activities. Despite the short-term dynamics associated with electoral democracy, MacKenzie asserts that we need more inclusive and deliberative democracies if we are going to make shared futures that will work for us all.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49364720058672,"sku":"BDf6ci","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49364720091440,"sku":"ZEf6ci","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49364720189744,"sku":"ZMf6ci","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f6ci-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780076096","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f6ci","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}