Conspicuous adherence to democratic process can re-legitimate government

Evidence

In addition to speaking truth, there is what we call “enacting democracy”: the scrupulous and explicit adherence to the regular forms and processes of public decision-making. We are talking about a deliberate pedagogical response to the process of delegitimation. Enacting democracy makes government legible. That is, it gives citizens reasons to understand and appreciate the meaning and value of institutional integrity and ordinary democratic processes—exactly what the new conspiracism attacks. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 44

In addition to speaking truth, there is what we call “enacting democracy”: the scrupulous and explicit adherence to the regular forms and processes of public decision-making. We are talking about a deliberate pedagogical response to the process of delegitimation. Enacting democracy makes government legible. That is, it gives citizens reasons to understand and appreciate the meaning and value of institutional integrity and ordinary democratic processes—exactly what the new conspiracism attacks. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 44

Categorization

• DEFINE: Coins and explains the book’s proposed ‘enacting democracy’ remedy as pedagogy.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 44
• XREF: connects to: Common sense is the shared ground that makes democratic exchange possible; Elected partisans are the effective channel for speaking truth to conspiracy.; Democracy can be ended and restored with the same tools — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 1075 (+4 more)