The Future of Representative Democracy / edited by Sonia Alonso, John Keane, Wolfgang Merkel ; with the collaboration of Maria Fotou.

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9781139078412
1139078410
9780511770883
051177088X
9781139082952
1139082957
9781139080682
1139080687
1107220831
9781107220836
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9781283111362
9786613111364
6613111368
1139076124
9781139076128

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Future of Representative Democracy.DDC classification:

321.8 22

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JF1051 .F88 2011eb

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POL010000

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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.

Summary: "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 the future of representative forms of democracy in terms of present-day trends and past theories of representative democracy. Aware of the pressing need for clarifying key concepts and institutional trends, the volume aims to break down barriers among disciplines and to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars. The contributors emphasise that representative democracy and its future is a subject of pressing scholarly concern and public importance. Paying close attention to the unfinished, two-century-old relationship between democracy and representation, this book offers a fresh perspective on current problems and dilemmas of representative democracy and the possible future development of new forms of democratic representation"-- Provided by publisher

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"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 the future of representative forms of democracy in terms of present-day trends and past theories of representative democracy. Aware of the pressing need for clarifying key concepts and institutional trends, the volume aims to break down barriers among disciplines and to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars. The contributors emphasise that representative democracy and its future is a subject of pressing scholarly concern and public importance. Paying close attention to the unfinished, two-century-old relationship between democracy and representation, this book offers a fresh perspective on current problems and dilemmas of representative democracy and the possible future development of new forms of democratic representation"-- Provided by publisher