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Cover -- Mending Democracy: Democratic Repair In Disconnected Times -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Acronyms -- Chapter 1: Repairing Democracy's Disconnects -- Our Threadbare Democratic Fabric: Systemic Democratic Disconnects -- The Representative Disconnect Between Citizens And Elected Representatives -- The Public Disconnect Between Citizens Within The Public Sphere -- The Governance Disconnect Between Citizens And The Policymaking Process -- A Connected Understanding Of Democracy: The Idea Of 'the Deliberative System' Unpacking Connectivity In The Deliberative System -- Advancing Democratic Reform In Disconnected Times: The Promise Of Democratic Mending -- Navigating The Book -- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Connectivity In Deliberative Democracy -- Connectivity In The Deliberative System: Unpacking Transmission, Coupling, And Sequencing -- Connectivity In The Spaces Account: Unpacking Transmission -- Connectivity In The Networks Account: Unpacking Coupling -- Connectivity In The Stages Account: Unpacking Sequencing -- The Risks Of Relying On 'communicative Miracles' -- Risk 1: Limited Inclusion Risk 2: Neglect Of Power And Agency -- Risk 3: Insufficient Attention To Diverse Forms Of Political Participation And Communication -- Risk 4: Relying On Deliberative Designers To Build Connections -- A Grounded Approach To Understanding Connectivity -- Studying Connections: From Theory To Practice And Back Again -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Connecting Constituents And Elected Representatives: The Case Of Indi -- Democratic Mending In Indi -- Phase 1: Constituents Recognize A Representative Disconnect -- Phase 2: Constituents Generate Voice Through Listening Phase 3: Constituents Develop Strategy For Change -- Phase 4: Constituents Support A Connected Representative -- Phase 5a: Constituents Recalibrate Their Connection To Their Elected Representative -- Phase 5b: A New Elected Representative Actively Connects With Constituents -- Phase 6: Constituents