Democracy Transformed?
Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies
Series: Comparative Politics;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 December 2003
- ISBN 9780199264995
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 241x163x22 mm
- Weight 605 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures & tables 0
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Short description:
An international team of distinguished scholars assembles the evidence of how democratic institutions and processes are changing, and considers the larger implications of these reforms for the nature of democracy. The findings point to a new style of democratic politics that expands the nature of democracy, and also challenges democracies to include all its citizens and govern effectively in an environment of complex government.
MoreLong description:
The popular pressures for reforms of the democratic process have mounted across the OECD nations over the past generation. In response, democratic institutions are changing, evolving, and expanding in ways that may alter the structure of the democratic process. These changes include reforms of the electoral process, the expansion of referendums, introduction of open government provisions, and more access points for direct political involvement. Indeed, some observers claim that we are witnessing the most fundamental transformation of the democratic process since the creation of mass democracy in the early 20th Century. This international team of distinguished scholars assembles the evidence of how democratic institutions and processes are changing, and considers the larger implications of these reforms for the nature of democracy. The findings point to a new style of democratic politics that expands the nature of democracy, but also carries challenges for democracies to include all its citizens and govern effectively in an environment of complex government.
For those who assume that within those countries we commonly consider to be the wealthiest and most stable liberal democracies, there exists a single shape, form, and formula for democracy itself, they need to consult this bold, innovative, and informative volume.... a superb collection.
Table of Contents:
Tables
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
New Forms of Democracy?: Reform and Transformation of Democratic Institutions
Part I: Electoral Change
Expanding the Electoral Marketplace
Making Elections More Direct? Reducing the Role of Parties in Elections
Political Parties and the Rhetoric and Realities of Democratization
Changing Party Access to Politics
Part II: Change in Non-electoral Institutions
Toward More Open Democracies: The Expansion of Freedom of Information Laws
The Decentralization of Governance: Regional and Local Delegation
Reforming the Administrative State
Participation, Representative Democracy, and the Courts
Part III: The Consequences of Political Reform
A Second Transformation of Democracy
Democratic Publics and Democratic Institutions: New Forms or Adaptation
