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The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781459738256)
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xThe Hill Times: Best Books of 2017
What if it is not our political system that is broken, but our understanding of it?
Everybody thinks that it's the system that's broken in politics; but what if it's not the system that's broken but rather our understanding of it? What if everyone's proposals to make the system "more democratic" only wind up making things worse, and weaken our systems of accountability so much as to make them meaningless? What if it's our own ignorance that is killing democracy in this country?
Dale Smith looks at the critical gaps in civic literacy that have become endemic within Canadian political culture, wading through buzzwords and meaningless proposals to suggest real solutions. Designed for the lay reader, The Unbroken Machine seeks to explore our lack of civic literacy and show how our system of democracy should work -- if only we were to engage with it the way it was meant to be.
Author: Dale Smith
ISBN-10: 145973825X
ISBN-13: 9781459738256
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2017
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.30d
What if it is not our political system that is broken, but our understanding of it?
Everybody thinks that it's the system that's broken in politics; but what if it's not the system that's broken but rather our understanding of it? What if everyone's proposals to make the system "more democratic" only wind up making things worse, and weaken our systems of accountability so much as to make them meaningless? What if it's our own ignorance that is killing democracy in this country?
Dale Smith looks at the critical gaps in civic literacy that have become endemic within Canadian political culture, wading through buzzwords and meaningless proposals to suggest real solutions. Designed for the lay reader, The Unbroken Machine seeks to explore our lack of civic literacy and show how our system of democracy should work -- if only we were to engage with it the way it was meant to be.
Author: Dale Smith
ISBN-10: 145973825X
ISBN-13: 9781459738256
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2017
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.30d
By Dale Smith
xDale Smith is a freelance journalist in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, writing about politics full-time since the 2008 federal election. He has written for the Ottawa Citizen, the National Post, Maclean's, Canadian Business, the Canadian Press, iPolitics.ca, and the Hill Times. Dale lives in Ottawa.
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