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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465645503321

Autore

Halpin Darren

Titolo

Groups, representation and democracy [[electronic resource] ] : between promise and practice / / Darren Halpin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-78170-169-5

1-84779-302-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Perspectives on democratic practice

Disciplina

322

Soggetti

Associations, institutions, etc

Social groups - Political aspects

Social participation

Representative government and representation

Democracy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719076527; 9780719076527; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Groups as agents of democracy?; 2 Interest group aliases: towards definitional commensurability?; 3 Democratic expectations: there presentation account; 4 Between representation and solidarity:(re)calibrating democratic expectations; 5 Democratic promises and practices:some empirical evidence; 6 The orthodox case: the drift from representation towards solidarity*; 7 Making Olson work: rejuvenating'supply-side' explanations

8 Are 'protest businesses' contemporary phenomena?*9 Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of representation*; 10 Between promise and practice; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Whether called pressure groups, NGOs, social movement organisations or organised civil society, the value of 'groups' to the policy process, to economic growth, to governance, to political representation and to democracy has always been contested. However, there seems to be a contemporary resurgence in this debate largely centred on their



democratising potential: can groups effectively link citizens to political institutions and policy processes? Are groups an antidote to emerging democratic deficits? Or do groups themselves face challenges in demonstrating their legitimacy and representativen