Participatory Democracy and Political Participation: Can Participatory Engineering Bring Citizens Back In? (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)

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.

Copyright:

2007

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ISBN-13:

9781134194704

Related ISBNs:

9780415511605, 9781134194711, 9781134194667, 9780203969311, 9780415371865

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

11/05/24

Copyrighted By:

Thomas Zittel and Dieter Fuchs for selection and editorial matter

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Thomas Zittel

Edited by:

Dieter Fuchs