Demokrati

The Future of Representative Democracy

by Keane, John, Merkel, Wolfgang, Alonso, Sonia, Fotou, Maria

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"The Future of Representative Democracy poses important questions about representation, representative democracy and its future. Inspired by the last major investigation of the subject by Hanna Pitkin over four decades ago, this ambitious volume fills a major gap in the literatu…

The Future of Representative Democracy

by Keane, John, Merkel, Wolfgang, Fotou, Maria, Alonso, Sonia, Alonso Saenz de Oger

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"The Future of Representative Democracy poses important questions about representation, representative democracy and its future. Inspired by the last major investigation of the subject by Hanna Pitkin over four decades ago, this ambitious volume fills a major gap in the literatu…

The real world of democratic theory

by Shapiro, Ian

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In this book, Ian Shapiro develops and extends arguments that have established him as one of today's leading democratic theorists. Shapiro is hardheaded about the realities of politics and power, and the difficulties of fighting injustice and oppression. Yet he makes a compellin…

Political representation

by Shapiro, Ian

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Political representation lies at the core of modern politics. Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate without representative institutions. Yet relations between the democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political representation have never been…

Attention deficit democracy: the paradox of civic engagement

by Berger, Ben

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The author argues that "civic engagement" has become aconfusing catchall, and that we should talk instead of political, social, and moral engagement, figuring out which kinds of engagement make democracy work better, and how we might promote them. Focusing on political engagemen…

Citizenship, participation and democracy: changing dynamics in Chile and Argentina

by Taylor, Lucy

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This is a comparison of the process of democratization in Chile and Argentina. Utilizing models of citizenship, the book examines the impact of constitutional change, institutional development and participation in both political parties and social movements from the perspective …

The dynamics of democratization: a comparative approach

by Pridham, Geoffrey

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This work compares three cases of democratization and regime transformation in Europe since 1845 (post-war Italy and West Germany; Southern Europe from the mid-1970s; and Eastern Europe in the 1990s). It highlights diversities of historical context, democratic traditions and oth…

The dynamics of democratization: a comparative approach

by Pridham, Geoffrey

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"A systematic comparison of three sets of democratization cases in Europe since 1945 (post-war Italy and West Germany; Southern Europe from the mid-1970s; and Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s), this book highlights diversities of the historical context, political experien…