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200 14$aThe politics of participation$b[electronic resource] $efrom Athens to e-democracy /$fMatt Qvortrup
210   $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (201 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7190-7659-5 
311   $a0-7190-7658-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apt. I. Theoretical aspects of citizen politics -- pt. II. Empirical foundations of citizen politics -- pt. III. Case studies in citizen democracy.
330   $aWe 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
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606   $aReferendum$vCase studies
610   $aBritain.
610   $aJ.S. Mill.
610   $aMachiavelli.
610   $aPlato.
610   $acitizen participation.
610   $ademocracy.
610   $ademonstrations.
610   $amodern technology.
610   $apolitical behaviour.
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