Accelerating Democracy: Transforming Governance Through Technology

Author:   John O. McGinnis
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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Pages:   224
Publication Date:   23 June 2015
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Author:   John O. McGinnis
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780691166643


ISBN 10:   0691166641
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   23 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Ever Expanding Domain of Computation 9 Chapter 2: Democracy, Consequences, and Social Knowledge 25 Chapter 3: Experimenting with Democracy 40 Chapter 4: Unleashing Prediction Markets 60 Chapter 5: Distributing Information through Dispersed Media and Campaigns 77 Chapter 6: Accelerating AI 94 Chapter 7: Regulation in an Age of Technological Acceleration 109 Chapter 8: Bias and Democracy 121 Chapter 9: De-biasing Democracy 138 Conclusion: The Past and Future of Information Politics 149 Acknowledgments 161 Appendix 163 Notes 165 Index 203

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[McGinnis] shines an important light on a discussion that will only grow more lively as technology creates at once more opportunities and more challenges for government. --Foreign Affairs You can support or dismiss his proposals, but you cannot deny that the author makes a major effort to bring forth ingenious measures to really 'accelerate democracy'. Thus, this provocative book is worth reading for everybody interested in improving policymaking, or all those willing to explore new ways to help citizens through a more efficient use of technology. --Ana Polo Alonso, LSE Review of Books [T]he book is valuable for the stance it takes on the very pressing question of how democracies should adapt to the information revolution. The take-home message for young democracies, no doubt appealing also to many readers of this journal, is that the social sciences deserve as much support as the natural sciences. The more accurately the outcomes of government policies can be predicted, the better the information revolution can be harnessed, and the fewer public funds will be wasted on unrealistic policies. If McGinnis is right, then the heyday of the social sciences lies right before us. --Christian Gobel, Democratization The book is a valuable reference for any student of the gradually intertwining fields of democracy and technology since it is a well-written analysis arguing that democratic government is in need of evolution due to rapid technological changes... Its engaging and enquiring style provokes thought on the future of a number of domains, including technology and political regimes. --Nelli Bahayan, Political Studies Review


The book is a valuable reference for any student of the gradually intertwining fields of democracy and technology since it is a well-written analysis arguing that democratic government is in need of evolution due to rapid technological changes. . . . Its engaging and enquiring style provokes thought on the future of a number of domains, including technology and political regimes. --Nelli Bahayan, Political Studies Review [T]he book is valuable for the stance it takes on the very pressing question of how democracies should adapt to the information revolution. The take-home message for young democracies, no doubt appealing also to many readers of this journal, is that the social sciences deserve as much support as the natural sciences. The more accurately the outcomes of government policies can be predicted, the better the information revolution can be harnessed, and the fewer public funds will be wasted on unrealistic policies. If McGinnis is right, then the heyday of the social sciences lies right before us. --Christian Gobel, Democratization You can support or dismiss his proposals, but you cannot deny that the author makes a major effort to bring forth ingenious measures to really 'accelerate democracy'. Thus, this provocative book is worth reading for everybody interested in improving policymaking, or all those willing to explore new ways to help citizens through a more efficient use of technology. --Ana Polo Alonso, LSE Review of Books [McGinnis] shines an important light on a discussion that will only grow more lively as technology creates at once more opportunities and more challenges for government. --Foreign Affairs


[McGinnis] shines an important light on a discussion that will only grow more lively as technology creates at once more opportunities and more challenges for government. --Foreign Affairs You can support or dismiss his proposals, but you cannot deny that the author makes a major effort to bring forth ingenious measures to really 'accelerate democracy'. Thus, this provocative book is worth reading for everybody interested in improving policymaking, or all those willing to explore new ways to help citizens through a more efficient use of technology. --Ana Polo Alonso, LSE Review of Books [T]he book is valuable for the stance it takes on the very pressing question of how democracies should adapt to the information revolution. The take-home message for young democracies, no doubt appealing also to many readers of this journal, is that the social sciences deserve as much support as the natural sciences. The more accurately the outcomes of government policies can be predicted, the better the information revolution can be harnessed, and the fewer public funds will be wasted on unrealistic policies. If McGinnis is right, then the heyday of the social sciences lies right before us. --Christian Gobel, Democratization


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John O. McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law at Northwestern University.

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