Domestic perspectives on contemporary democracy / / edited by Peter F. Nardulli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808356903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-283-58317-8; 9786613895622; 0-252-09197-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Collana: Democracy, free enterprise, and the rule of law
• Altri autori (Persone): NardulliPeter F
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetti: Democracy; Cultural pluralism; Political sociology; Information society - Political aspects
• 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: ""front cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Democracy Challenged: Demography, Technology, and Democratic Possibilities""; ""Part I: Social Heterogeneity and Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities""; ""2. Problems of Democratic Transition in Divided Societies""; ""3. Citizens, Identities, and Democratic Dialogues: Opportunities and Challenges of Diverse Societies""; ""4. Democracy, Diversity, and Leadership""; ""5. Electoral Engineering, Social Cleavages, and Democracy""; ""Part II: Technology and Democracy: Mass-Elite Linkages in the Twenty-first Century""""6. Technological Advances and Individual Liberties: Privacy and the Reach of the State in the Twenty-first Century""; ""7. Engineering Consent: The Persistence of a Problematic Communication Regime""; ""8. The Internet and Political Fragmentation""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""back cover""