Podcasts Government Politics in Question Where do busy people find the time to participate in democratic self-government?

Where do busy people find the time to participate in democratic self-government?

Published: July 25, 2023, 3:07 p.m.

In this week\u2019s episode of Politics In Question, Kevin Elliott joins Lee and James to talk about how busy people can make democracy work for them. Elliott is a political scientist and Lecturer in Ethics, Politics, and Economics (EP&E) at Yale University. His main research interests are in political theory, particularly democratic theory, and focus on the ethics of democratic citizenship, political epistemology, and the normative justification and design of political institutions. He is the author of Democracy for Busy People (University of Chicago Press, 2023).\n\nDoes democratic self-government demand too much of Americans? Can democracy work for people focused on meeting the everyday demands of life? Or do Americans need to rethink some of the ways in which they do democratic self-government? And what is \u201cstand-by citizenship?\u201d These are some of the questions that Kevin, Lee, and James ask in this week\u2019s episode.