Albert Weale

Democracy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This wide-ranging text identifies and assesses the main conceptions of democracy from participationist to elitist. It proceeds to consider in detail a range of key issues in democratic theory in relation to which these conceptions can be distinguished.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780333948750
• ISBN-10: 0333948750
• Artikelnr.: 22757308

Autorenporträt

ALBERT WEALE is Professor of Government, University of Essex, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition.- The Theoretical Challenge of Democracy.- Forms of Democratic Government.- The Justification of Democracy.- Deliberation , Consensus and Political Equality.- Participation as Democracy, Participation in Democracy.- From Conceptions of Representation to Systems of Representation.- Aggregation, Unanimity and Majority Rule.- Democracy, Rights and Constitutionalism?.- The Boundaries of Inclusion.- International Relations and Democratic Ideals.- Epilogue: The Democratic Reform of Democracy.