Groups, representation and democracy : between promise and practice /

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This book debates the democratic potential and practice of groups; focusing on the vibrancy of internal democracies, and modes of accountability with those who join such groups and or the constituencies they advocate for.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Halpin, Darren
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Perspectives on democratic practice (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Associations, institutions, etc.
Social groups > Political aspects.
Social participation.
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.
Societies
Social Participation
Associations.
Participation sociale.
Gouvernement représentatif.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Groups as agents of democracy?
  • Interest group aliases: towards definitional commensurability?
  • Democratic expectations: the representation account
  • Between representation and solidarity: (re)calibrating democratic expectations
  • Democratic promises and practices: some empirical evidence
  • The orthodox case: the drift from representation towards solidarity
  • Making Olson work: rejuventating 'supply-side' explanations
  • Are 'protest businesses' contemporary phenomena?
  • Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of representation
  • Between promise and practice.

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