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The politics of participation : from Athens to e-democracy / Matt Qvortrup.

Title
The politics of participation : from Athens to e-democracy / Matt Qvortrup.
Author
Qvortrup, Matt.
Publication
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.

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182 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
This book surveys the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and analyses empirical data about citizen participation in Britain and other developed democracies. In addition to analysis of major political thinkers like Plato, Machiavelli and J.S. Mill, the book analyses how modern technology has influenced democracy.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subject
Political participation
Genre/Form
  • Case studies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-176) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Understanding citizen politics: a methodological overview -- Participation and democracy from the Greeks to our times -- An empirical approach to citizen politics -- Bottom-up politics: riots and extra-parliamentary participation -- Top-down politics: e-democracy, citizens' juries and designer politics -- Citizens as voters -- Excursus: the power of the representatives -- Decisions to hold referendums on the European Constitution -- Absentee voting: a comparative perspective -- Conclusion: quo vadis democracy?
ISBN
  • 9780719076589
  • 0719076587
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library