{"id":1042,"date":"2017-03-13T13:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2017-03-13T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:06:53","slug":"using-the-internet-to-save-a-dysfunctional-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/2017\/03\/13\/using-the-internet-to-save-a-dysfunctional-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Internet to Save a Dysfunctional Democracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy in the United States is currently in rough shape, as declining trust and increasing inequality make it harder for citizens to find common ground. Michael Neblo is an Ohio State University political scientist who argues that bringing more individuals into the political\u00a0discussion could reverse the process, and this increased discussion could be facilitated by the Internet. The <a href=\"https:\/\/psmag.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pacific Standard<\/em> magazine<\/a> recently conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/psmag.com\/how-to-save-our-dysfunctional-democracy-e6eb154a1ee1#.81i8aepln\" target=\"_blank\">an interview with Professor Neblo<\/a>. The interview concludes with, &#8220;I think there is room for angry protest in a democracy. If you think the Affordable Care Act is crucial legislation, by all means get out there and show them how angry you are at the prospect of it being dismantled. But there should also be room for civil, substantive discussion.&#8221; Indeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy in the United States is currently in rough shape, as declining trust and increasing inequality make it harder for citizens to find common ground. Michael Neblo is an Ohio State University political scientist who argues that bringing more individuals into the political\u00a0discussion could reverse the process, and this increased discussion could be facilitated by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1927,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}