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The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action

The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action

Smith, Dale

Paperback

General Political Science

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 145973825X
ISBN13: 9781459738256
Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd
Published: Mar 28 2017
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The 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.

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