The Future of Representative Democracy

"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 literature by examining...

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Otros Autores: Alonso, Sonia (Alonso Sáenz de Oger) (-), Keane, John, 1949-, Merkel, Wolfgang, 1952-, Fotou, Maria
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2011.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Editors' introduction: Rethinking the future of representative democracy / Sonia Alonso, John Keane and Wolfgang Merkel
  • 1. Representative democracy and its critics / Nadia Urbinati
  • 2. Representative democracy and the populist temptation / Klaus von Beyme
  • 3. The wider canvas: representation and democracy in state and society / Michael Saward
  • 4. Performance and deficits of present-day representation / Bernhard Wessels
  • 5. Do parliaments have a future? / David Beetham
  • 6. Engendering representative democracy / Drude Dahlerup
  • 7. Representative democracy and the multinational demos / Sonia Alonso
  • 8. Diagnosing and designing democracy in Europe / Philippe Schmitter
  • 9. Monitory democracy? / John Keane
  • 10. Representing nature / Robyn Eckersley
  • 11. Democracy and representation beyond the nation state / Michael Zürn and Gregor Walter-Drop.