Democracy, populism, and truth. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Christopher Navin, Richard Nunan, editors.
• Editors: Navin, Mark Christopher; Nunan, Richard
• Contents: Introduction: Conceptualizing Populism, Democracy, and Truth.- Part I Conceptions of Populism.- Two Concepts of Populism.- Corruption, Populism, and Sloth.- Democracy and Populism.- Part II Truth and Democratic Discourse.- Democracy, Truth, and Understanding: An Epistemic Argument for Democracy.- Free Speech, Universities, and the Development of Civic Discourse.- Harm, 'No-Platforming' and the Mission of the University: A Reply to McGregor.- Journalistic Balance, Unintended Pyrrhonism, and Political Polarization.- Part III Social Media, Truth, and Justice.- Reflections on the Root Causes of Outrage Discourse on Social Media.- Identifying Political Participants on Social Media: Conflicts of Epistemic Justice.- Part IV Voting and Democracy.- As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation? Ranked Choice Voting and STV as Antidotes to Tribal Populism.- Voting without Voice: How Votes Can Be Counted Without Counting [or Democracy and the Wasted Vote Problem.- Part V American Democracy and Populism.- #ConstitutionalStability.- Populism, American Nationalism and Representative Democracy.- An Antidote to Populism.- The Lethal Synergy Corroding American Democracy: Who Are the 'GINs' – And Why Is It that They Can't 'Quit Trump'?.- Part VI Populism and International Justice.- African Challenges to the International Criminal Court: An Example of Populism?.- Something's Afoot: Conservative Populist Oppositionalism.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.5662; Populism; Democracy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030434243; 3030434249
• Related ISBNs: 3030434230; 9783030434236
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 27, 2020).
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