Democracy in Crisis?

Richard W Clary is Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School, USA.Zim Nwokora is Senior Lecturer in Politics & Policy Studies at Deakin University, Australia.DJ Galligan is Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

• Introduction: Debating the Crisis of Representative Democracy, Richard W Clary (Harvard University, USA) and Zim Nwokora (Deakin University, Australia)1. Is Representative Democracy in Crisis? Richard W Clary (Harvard University, USA)2. Democracy in Crisis: A Reply, Denis J Galligan (University of Oxford, UK) 3. The Challenge of Representative Democracy in Africa, Zim Nwokora (Deakin University, Australia) 4. India in Crisis: Hindu Nationalism and the Majoritarian State, Angana Chatterji (University of California Berkeley, USA)5. Democratic Crisis in South America? Ten Points for Debate, Pedro Rubim Borges Fortes (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)6. Leadership in Democratic Systems6.1. Assessing Leadership in Democratic Practice: Leadership and Democracy – Ritual Performance Versus Substantive Aspiration and Achievement: Some Reflections, Fui Tsikata (Reindorf Chambers, Ghana)6.2. Same Old or Something New? The Leadership Crisis and Political Reconciliation in Contemporary Democracies, Alexandra Iancu and Bogdan Iancu (University of Bucharest, Romania)7. Institutions of Government and their Role in Democracy7.1. The Administrative State: Friend or Foe of Representative Democracy? Richard W Clary (Harvard University, USA)7.2. The Impact of the Constitution, Paul Craig (University of Oxford, UK)7.3. Dominance of the Executive, Sionaidh Douglas-Scott (Queen Mary University of London, UK)7.4. Liberal Democracy and the Dangers of Meritocratic Depoliticisation, Ruzha Smilova (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria)7.5. Policy Processes and Democracy in Crisis, Frank Vibert (London School of Economics, UK)8. Electoral Systems and Political Parties8.1. Populism, Self-Restrain and the Political Parties, Daniel Smilov (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria)8.2. The Politics of Internet Shutdowns, Nicole Stremlau (University of Oxford, UK)9. Democracy Threatened from Within, The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull (Australia)Conclusion: Democracy In Crisis: A Review, Denis J Galligan (University of Oxford, UK)