David Held

Broschiertes Buch

Models of Democracy

Beschreibung

The first two editions of Models of Democracy have provenimmensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. In asuccinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides anintroduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greeceto the present and a critical discussion of what democracy shouldmean today.

This new edition has been extensively revised and updated totake account of significant transformations in world politics, anda new chapter has been added on deliberative democracy whichfocuses not only on how citizen participation can be increased inpolitics, but also on how that participation can become moreinformed.

Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models ofDemocracy combines lucid exposition and clarity of expressionwith careful scholarship and originality, making it highlyattractive to students and experts in the field. The third editionwill prove essential reading for all those interested in politics,political theory and political philosophy.

A companion website to Models of Democracy provideslecturer and student resources; including a study guide, aninterview with the author and links to develop the reader'sunderstanding of the topics covered.

Autor

David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 3rd Edition
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780745631479
• ISBN-10: 0745631479
• Artikelnr.: 20901172

Rezensionen

"The great global struggles today are not over democracy versusother forms of government but over the meanings and practices ofdemocracy themselves. There is no better critical and engagedsurvey of the complex histories and contemporary struggles overthis deeply contested concept than David Held's third and improvededition of Models of Democracy, precisely because it iswritten in awareness of its own contestability."
James Tully, University of Victoria

"Models is the kind of established classic which bothdemands and merits revision every decade or so."
David Beetham, University of Leeds

"Everyone who has used Models will welcome this newedition. Newcomers will find a wide-ranging and reliable analysisof past and present debates about democracy and gain anunderstanding of what is at issue in current globalarguments."
Carole Pateman, Cardiff University and University ofCalifornia at Los Angeles