Democratic Incongruities [electronic resource] : Representative Democracy in Britain /
Judge, David.author.
Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Democratic Incongruities: Old Models and New Perspectives; 2 The ''Problem'' of the People; 3 The ''Problem'' of Representational Transmission of Power; 4 The ''Problem'' of Elected Representatives; 5 The ''Problem'' of Representative Government; 6 The ''Problem'' of Citizen Participation; 7 The ''Problem'' of ''Post-'': Post-Representative, Post-Parliamentary, Post-Democracy; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.
Great Britain-Politics and gover.
Democracy.
Political theory.
Political science
Political science.
World politics.
British Politics.
Democracy.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.
Political History.