Making democracy spectacular

Mahony, Nick (2010). Making democracy spectacular. Representation, 46(3) pp. 339–352.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2010.499702

Abstract

Spectacular forms of politics are proliferating and a reappraisal of political spectacle is underway. This article intervenes in debates about the constitution and value of contemporary spectacles by analysing how three, ostensibly very different, governmental, popular media and social movement participative experiments were set up and enacted. To explore the public value of making democracy spectacular, the article considers some of the fraught (but not always insidious) ways these participative events tested-out novel forms of democratic practice.

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• Item ORO ID
• 23215
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1749-4001
• Keywords
• spectacle; politics; democracy; participation; experimentation; publics; government; social movements; popular media
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2010 Taylor & Francis
• Depositing User
• Nick Mahony