Halpin Groups, representation and democracy

Between promise and practice
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-302-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Perspectives on Democratic Practice

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halpin, Darren

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Halpin Darren:
Darren R. Halpin is Professor in Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, AberdeenDarren R. Halpin is Professor in Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen