Eliassi-Rad, T and Farrell, H and Garcia, D and Lewandowsky, S and Palacios, Patricia and Ross, Don and Sornette, D and Thebault, Karim P Y and Wiesner, Karoline (2019) What science can do for democracy – A complexity science approach. [Preprint]
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Political scientists have conventionally assumed that achieving democracy is a one-way ratchet. Only very recently has the question of ‘democratic backsliding’ attracted any research attention. We argue that democratic instability is best understood with tools from complexity science. The explanatory power of complexity science arises from several features of complex systems. Their relevance in the context of democracy is discussed. Several policy recommendations are offered to help (re)stabilize current systems of representative democracy.
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Computation/Information Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Psychology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Social Psychology Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Karim Thebault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2019 15:33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2019 15:33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID: | 16507 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Computation/Information Specific Sciences > Economics Specific Sciences > Psychology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Social Psychology Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Date: | 1 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16507 |
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