Weale Democracy

2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-37378-5
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Issues in Political Theory

This wide-ranging text identifies and assesses the main conceptions of democracy from participationist to elitist. It proceeds to consider in detail a range of key issues in democratic theory in relation to which these conceptions can be distinguished.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weale, Albert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition.- The Theoretical Challenge of Democracy.- Forms of Democratic Government.- The Justification of Democracy.- Deliberation , Consensus and Political Equality.- Participation as Democracy, Participation in Democracy.- From Conceptions of Representation to Systems of Representation.- Aggregation, Unanimity and Majority Rule.- Democracy, Rights and Constitutionalism?.- The Boundaries of Inclusion.- International Relations and Democratic Ideals.- Epilogue: The Democratic Reform of Democracy.

Über Autor(innen)

ALBERT WEALE is Professor of Government, University of Essex, UK