Rethinking Civic Participation in Democratic Theory and Practice

AvRod Dacombe

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy

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Drawing on a detailed case study of the Blackbird Leys area of Oxford, the book employs a novel empirical approach to ask whether widespread participation in civic life can enhance the prospects for democracy, given the low levels of participation which tend to exist in deprived areas.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-30
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:301 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349954636

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Rod Dacombe is Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Political Economy, King's College, London, UK. Previously he was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the same department. He works on civic participation, democratic theory and the role of voluntary associations in public administration.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The problem with civic participation.- 2. Neighbourhood poverty and the democracy of association.- 3. Participation and democracy in policy and practice.- 4. Civic life in Blackbird Leys.- 5. Civic participation, formal politics and the democratic underground.- 6. Community structure, participation and stability.- 7. Networks, reciprocity and trust.- 8. Does deprivation really work against participation?.- 9. Responding to democracy’s critics.