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Participatory Democracy and Political Participation (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science) - Softcover

 
9780415511605: Participatory Democracy and Political Participation (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415511607 ISBN 13: 9780415511605
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to provide more opportunities for political participation and inclusion.

Combining theory and empirical case studies, this is a systematic evaluation of the most visible and explicit efforts to engineer political participation via institutional reforms. Part I discusses the phenomenon of participatory engineering from a conceptual standpoint, while parts II, III and IV take a comparative, as well as an empirical, perspective. The contributors to these sections analyze participatory institutions on the basis of empirical models of democracy such as direct democracy, civil society and responsive government and analyze the impact of these models on political behaviour. Part V includes exploratory regional case studies on specific reform initiatives that present descriptive accounts of the policies and politics of these reforms.

Delivering a detailed assessment of democratic reform, this book will of strong interest to students and researchers of political theory, democracy and comparative politics.

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About the Author

Zittel, Thomas; Fuchs, Dieter

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415511607
ISBN 13 
9780415511605
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Editor
Zittel Thomas, Fuchs Dieter