Hard Questions for Democracy

Herausgeber: Chari, Raj

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The recent financial and economic crisis has raised fundamental questions about how democracy has evolved. Bringing together some of the most prominent social scientists from around the globe, this book addresses these questions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Irish Political Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780415523059
• ISBN-10: 0415523052
• Artikelnr.: 35420635

Autorenporträt

Raj Chari is Associate Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction - Introducing Hard Questions for Democracy Section I -
Democracy and Legitimacy 2. Democracy and Moral Autonomy 3. The Values of
Democratic Proceduralism Section II - Democracy and The Markets 4.
Financial and Economic Crisis: Theoretical Explanations of the Global
Sunset 5. Financial and Economic Crisis: Explaining the Sunset Over the
Celtic Tiger Section III - Democracy, Political Parties and Voters 6. Why
Vote-Seeking Parties May Make Voters Miserable 7. What Gives Politics Such
a Bad Name 8. Can Compactness Constrain the Gerrymander 9. Electing Women
to the Dáil: Gender Cues and the Irish Voter 10. Parties and Referendums in
Ireland, 1937-2011 Section IV - Democracy and Participation 11. Should
Irish Emigrants Have Votes? External Voting in Ireland 12. Can the Internet
Reinvent Democracy? Section V - Democracy, Violence and Conflict 13. Are
the Citizens of a Democracy a Just Target for Terrorists? 14. Bombings to
Ballots: The Evolution of the Irish Republican Movement's Conceptualization
of Democracy