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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791919703321

Autore

Qvortrup Mads

Titolo

The politics of participation [[electronic resource] ] : from Athens to e-democracy / / Matt Qvortrup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-84779-698-2

1-78170-156-3

1-84779-230-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Political participation

Democracy - Philosophy

Democracy - Philosophy - History

Public opinion

Referendum

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Theoretical aspects of citizen politics -- pt. II. Empirical foundations of citizen politics -- pt. III. Case studies in citizen democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of 'government by the people', yet politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the 'crisis of democracy'. How do these views square up?This book provides the answer by surveying the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and by analysing 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.Among the issues discussed in t