Research Catalog

Title

Democratic incongruities : representative democracy in Britain / David Judge.

Author

Judge, David.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Details

Description

xi, 228 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.

Subject

• Representative government and representation > Great Britain
• Democracy > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-222) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Democratic Incongruities: Old Models and New Perspectives -- The 'Problem' of the People -- The 'Problem' of Representational Transmission of Power -- The'Problem' of Elected Representatives -- The 'Problem' of Representative Government -- The 'Problem' of Citizen Participation -- The 'Problem' of 'Post-': Post-Representative, Post-Parliamentary, Post-Democracy.

ISBN

• 9780230314467
• 0230314465

OCLC

• 878065416
• SCSB-12127560

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library