Challenges to Democracy
Ideas, Involvement and Institutions
Published on 8. August 2001
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-333-78982-7 (ISBN)
Description
This collection brings together leading political scientists in order to address the challenges faced by democracy in the 21st century. The contributors tackle the changing nature of democratic ideas, in particular equality in society and the satisfaction of citizens. They examine changing patterns of political involvement, from voting to new forms of participation and protest using the Internet and new technologies. Finally, they look at the challenge to democracy posed by the changing nature of state institutions: party systems, bureaucracy and e-government, regulation and the processes of institutional development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-78982-7 (9780333789827)
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Persons
KEITH DOWDING is Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics. His books include Rational Choice and Political Power, The Civil Service, Power, and co-edited Preferences, Institutions and Rational Choice. He is co-editor of the Journal of Theoretical Politics. JAMES HUGHES is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics. His most recent publication is Stalinism in a Russian Province (1996). HELEN MARGETTS is Reader in Political Science at the School of Public Policy, University College London. She is author of Information Technology in Government: Britain and America.
Content
Introduction CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRACY: EQUALITY AND SATISFACTION Political Equality in the Coming Century; R.Dahl Levelling Down; J.Wolff The Political Economy of Human Happiness; B.Radcliff Freedom and the Achievement of Happiness; J.Ott CHALLENGES FROM SOCIETY: CHANGING PETTERNS OF POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Is there a Crisis of Democracy in Great Britain? Turnout at General Elections Reconsidered; R.Johnston & C.Pattie Social Capital, Civic Literacy and Political Participation: Explaining Differences in Voter Turnout; H.Milner A Virtuous Circle? The Impact of Political Communications in Post-Industrial Democracies; P.Norris Hactivism: Direct Action on the Electronic Flows of Information Societies; T.Jordan Deliberative Democracy and Referendums; J.Parkinson Creating Spaces of Deliberation in Barcelona: Its Good to Talk?; G.Blakeley CHALLENGES FROM THE STATE: CHANGING INSTITUTIONS External Influences on Party Development and Transnational Party Cooperation: The Case of Post-Communist Europe; G.Pridham Promoting Parties and Party Systems in New Democracies: Is there Anything the International Community Can Do?; P.Burnell Regulatory Accountability: Towards a Single Citizen-Consumer Model?; M.Lodge E-Governance: Weber's Revenge?; Perri 6 Decentralization and Development: the New Panacea; E.Ostrom Index