Making Democracy Fun How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics

Name: Making Democracy Fun How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics
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ISBN: 9780262026871

ISBN-10: 0262026872

ISBN-13: 9780262026871

Edition: 2014

Authors: Josh A. Lerner

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Anyone who has ever been to a public hearing or community meeting would agree thatparticipatory democracy can be boring. Hours of repetitive presentations, alternatingly alarmist orcomplacent, for or against, accompanied by constant heckling, often with no clear outcome ordecision. Is this the best democracy can offer? In Making Democracy Fun, JoshLerner offers a novel solution for the sad state of our deliberative democracy: the power of goodgame design. What if public meetings featured competition and collaboration (such as teamchallenges), clear rules (presented and modeled in multiple ways), measurable progress (such asscores and levels), and engaging sounds and visuals? These game…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/21/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English