Ocular democracy -- The citizen as spectator -- Overcoming the vocal model of popular power -- The concept of plebiscitary democracy : past, present, and future -- Max Weber's reinvention of popular power and its uneasy legacy -- Putting candor first : plebiscitarianism and the politics of candor -- Putting popular power in sight
Summary
For centuries it has been assumed that democracy must refer to the empowerment of the People's voice. In this book, Green argues that it is both possible and desirable to understand democracy in terms of what the People gets to see instead of the traditional focus on what it gets to say
