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On Collapse and the Next U . S . Democracy: Elements of Applied Systemic Research
Author(s) -
Tanaka Greg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12112
Subject(s) - democracy , agency (philosophy) , sociology , public administration , political science , political economy , politics , law , social science
While concern has been growing in recent years about the structural precursors to economic collapse in the U nited S tates, and a parallel decline in democracy, few have asked: (1) what moral and cultural foundations might be necessary as building blocks to launch a democratic renewal and (2) whether a different and “deep” democracy might be constructed this time that accords everyday citizens the agency they will need to initiate policy at the national level. The article introduces a research methodology to frame and assess change at this macro, or systemic, register and examines the role that education can play in teaching citizens how to exercise agency in a reconstituted democracy that is more nearly “by, for, and of the people.”