Vital Democracy

A Theory of Democracy in Action

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Vital Democracy outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy - pendulum, consensus, voter and participatory democracy - that are thoroughly analysed, compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Just like a few primary colours produce an array of shades, a few basic models of democracy appear, the author argues, to constitute a wide range of democratic variants in real life.Focusing on tried and tested democratic institutions, Frank Hendriks shows that the four models of democracy - with their divergent patterns of leadership, citizenship and governance, their inherent strengths and weaknesses - are never purely instantiated. He argues that wherever democracy is practiced with some level of success, it is always as hybrid democracy, thereby challenging those democratic reformers and theorists that have inspired the quest for democratic purity.Vital Democracy builds on Arend Lijphart's well-known work which distinguishes between majoritarian and consensual democratic countries but also goes well beyond it, urging attention to non-national, non-formal, and non-representative expressions of democracy as well.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-04-08
Mått:162 x 241 x 22 mm
Vikt:542 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199572786

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Frank Hendriks (1966) is professor of comparative governance at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He deals with cross-border comparison of policies and governance systems, including the comparative analysis of democratic and decisionmaking models at the national and the subnational level.

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For those who are involved in research and in teaching public administration (broadly defined), Hendriks has provided an accessible route into an important debate that has been badly neglected by the hegemony of those in the discipline who prefer a more economic or managerialist approach. With easy to follow diagrams and tables to explain the more theoretically complicated sections, it covers complex debates without obfuscation. This book should be included on the reading list for both advanced undergraduate programmes and for specialist postgraduate students.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures and Tables ; Preface and Acknowledgements ; Opening Debate ; PART I: CONCEPTS ; 1. Plural Democracy ; 2. Layered Democracy ; PART II: PRACTICES ; 3. Pendulum Democracy ; 4. Consensus Democracy ; 5. Voter Democracy ; 6. Participatory Democracy ; PART III: LESSONS ; 7. Mixing Democracy ; 8. Reforming Democracy ; Closing Debate ; Bibliography ; Index ; Notes