By popular demand : revitalizing representative democracy through deliberative elections / / John Gastil

• Autore: Gastil John
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.630973
• Soggetto topico: Political participation - United States; Elections - United States; Representative government and representation - United States; Forums (Discussion and debate)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-257) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Exit and Public Voice in Representative Democracy; 3. Why Elections Fail to Ensure Accountability; 4. Appraising Radical and Conventional Electoral Reforms; 5. Public Expression in American Politics; 6. Glimpses of the Deliberative Public; 7. The Citizen Panels Proposal; 8. The Political Impact of Citizen Panels; 9. Electoral Experimentation; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: John Gastil challenges conventional assumptions about public opinion, elections, and political expression in this persuasive treatise on how to revitalize the system of representative democracy in the United States. Gastil argues that American citizens have difficulty developing clear policy interests, seldom reject unrepresentative public officials, and lack a strong public voice.
• Titolo autorizzato: By Popular Demand
• ISBN: 0-520-92500-9; 1-59734-518-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455045403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II