E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten
Halpin Groups, representation and democracy
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-302-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Between promise and practice
E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten
Reihe: Perspectives on Democratic Practice
ISBN: 978-1-84779-302-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Can groups effectively link citizens to political institutions and policy processes? Are groups an antidote to emerging democratic deficits? This book will prompt senior students, researchers and seasoned scholars to think critically about the claim that groups can contribute to repairing democratic deficits.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. Groups as agents of democracy?
2. Interest group aliases: towards definitional commensurability?
3. Democratic expectations: the representation account
4. Between representation and solidarity: (re)calibrating democratic expectations
5. Democratic promises and practices: some empirical evidence
6. The orthodox case: the drift from representation towards solidarity
7. Making Olson work: rejuvenating ‘supply-side’ explanations
8. Are ‘protest businesses’ contemporary phenomenon?
9. Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of representation
10. Between promise and practice
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Index