Scholars of American civic life have documented the decline of federated membership associations and the participatory costs of their replacement by professionally managed advocacy organizations. That literature treats cross-level coordination largely as a feature of a vanished organizational era. This essay offers a practitioner 's account of the mechanism operating today. Drawing on the recent litigation, election protection, and voter engagement work of the League of Women Voters, it describes how “federated coordination” – addressing problems identified atone organizational level with resources from another – can sustain civic infrastructure under contemporary conditions. Engaging Lisa García Bedolla's analysis of disengagement among eligible voters, it suggests what durable voter participation requires.
Americans' disconnect from their elected officials has reached crisis levels. What potential do citizens' assemblies and participatory decision-making hold for restoring people's trust in their democracy? This essay explores three case studies of participatory governance at three levels – in California, in Bowling Gree...
Responding to David Campbell's call to “learn to disagree,” this essay argues that disagreement alone is insufficient for revitalizing American democracy – it must be paired with collaborative problem-solving. As polarization and AI disrupt trust and discourse, civic culture should shift from “winning” arguments to bui...
This study investigates the institutional friction between Indonesia’s Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) and private businesses, focusing on distributive justice. Institutional boundary and public value theories were employed to explore 29 interviews across 16 villages in Mamuju and Majene. The analysis reveals that w...
Andi Risma Jaya, Makmur Jaya, A. M. Azhar Aljurida et al.· Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administr...· 0 citations
Abstract The 18th century regime of electoral republicanism within nation-states, later rebranded as ‘democracy’, appears to be threatened around the world. To rebuild democracy on sounder bases, theorists and practitioners alike emphasize the value of inclusive and participatory institutions. But how should these inst...
F. Carugati, Riley Wong· Journal of Institutional Eco...· 0 citations
Americans must disagree better to sustain a healthier civic culture. This is not only a matter of individual behavior and values but also a question of institutional design. An example of an institution that generally supported disagreement, conversation, and collaboration in the twentieth century was the metropolitan...
ABSTRACT Democracy and good public administration are often thought to go hand in hand. However, the conceptual and empirical relationship has tended to be understudied and imprecisely defined. This article draws conclusions from the volume on democratic backsliding and public administration. Drawing from the real theo...
Toby S. James· Policy studies· 0 citations
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