What science can do for democracy: a complexity science approach

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dc.contributor.authorEliassi-Rad, Tina
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, Henry
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, David
dc.contributor.authorLewandowsky, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Don
dc.contributor.authorSornette, Didier
dc.contributor.authorThébault, Karim
dc.contributor.authorWiesner, Karoline
dc.contributor.funderEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T11:09:36Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T11:09:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-10
dc.date.updated2020-07-16T11:01:27Z
dc.description.abstractPolitical 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.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (grant EP/E501214/1)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid30en
dc.identifier.citationEliassi-Rad, T., Farrell, H., Garcia, D., Lewandowsky, S., Palacios, P., Ross, D., Sornette, D., Thébault, K. and Wiesner, K. (2020) 'What science can do for democracy: a complexity science approach'. Humanities And Social Sciences Communications, 7, 30 (4 pp). doi: 10.1057/s41599-020-0518-0en
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41599-020-0518-0en
dc.identifier.issn2662-9992
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleHumanities and Social Sciences Communicationsen
dc.identifier.startpage4en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10262
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0518-0
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectPolitical scienceen
dc.subjectComplexity scienceen
dc.subjectRepresentative democracyen
dc.subjectDemocracyen
dc.subjectDemocratic instabilityen
dc.titleWhat science can do for democracy: a complexity science approachen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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