Darren Halpin

Groups, representation and democracy (eBook, ePUB)

Between promise and practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Whether called pressure groups, NGOs, social movement organisations or organised civil society, the value of 'groups' to the policy process, to economic growth, to governance, to political representation and to democracy has always been contested. However, there seems to be a contemporary resurgence in this debate largely centred on their democratising potential: can groups effectively link citizens to political institutions and policy processes? Are groups an antidote to emerging democratic deficits? Or do groups themselves face challenges in demonstrating their legitimacy and representativeness? This book debates the democratic potential and practice of groups; focussing on the vibrancy of internal democracies, and modes of accountability with those who join such groups and to the constituencies they advocate for. It draws on literatures covering national, European and global levels, and presents new empirical material from the UK and Australia

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847796967
• Artikelnr.: 42539739

Autorenporträt

Darren R. Halpin is Professor in Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

Inhaltsangabe

1. Groups as agents of democracy? 2. Interest group aliases: towards
definitional commensurability? 3. Democratic expectations: the
representation account 4. Between representation and solidarity:
(re)calibrating democratic expectations 5. Democratic promises and
practices: some empirical evidence 6. The orthodox case: the drift from
representation towards solidarity 7. Making Olson work: rejuvenating
'supply-side' explanations 8. Are 'protest businesses' contemporary
phenomenon? 9. Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of
representation 10. Between promise and practice References Index