Reforming Democracies : : Six Facts About Politics That Demand a New Agenda / / Douglas Chalmers.
Even well-established democracies need reform, and any successful effort to reform democracies must look beyond conventional institutions-elections, political parties, special interests, legislatures and their relations with chief executives-to do so. Expanding a traditional vision of the institutio...
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Chalmers, Douglas, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Reforming Democracies : Six Facts About Politics That Demand a New Agenda / Douglas Chalmers. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (192 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: Why Do We Need Institutional Reform? -- PART I . THE CONCEPTS -- 1. Rethinking the Institutions of Representative Democracy -- PART II . THE PEOPLE -- 2. Which "People" Are Represented in a Representative Democracy? -- 3. Fact: Quasi-Citizens in the Community Are Represented -- 4. Fact: Quasi-Citizens in Other Jurisdictions Are Represented -- PART III. THE LINKS -- 5. Connecting People and Decision Makers -- 6. Fact: Organizations and Their Alliances Change Rapidly -- 7. Fact: Personal Networks Are Important -- PART IV. THE DECISION MAKERS -- 8. Law- and Policy Making -- 9. Fact: Deliberation Is as Important as Bargaining -- 10. Fact: Decisions Are Made in Multiple Venues -- Conclusion: A Review -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Suggested Readings -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Even well-established democracies need reform, and any successful effort to reform democracies must look beyond conventional institutions-elections, political parties, special interests, legislatures and their relations with chief executives-to do so. Expanding a traditional vision of the institutions of representative democracy, Douglas A. Chalmers examines six aspects of political practice relating to the people being represented, the structure of those who make law and policy, and the links between those structures and the people. Chalmers concludes with a discussion of where successful reform needs to take place: we must pay attention to a democratic ordering of the constant reconfiguration of decision making patterns; we must recognize the crucial role of information in deliberation; and we must incorporate noncitizens and foreigners into the political system, even when they are not the principal beneficiaries. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Democracy. Representative government and representation. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231162951 https://doi.org/10.7312/chal16294 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231531054 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231531054/original |
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