Spaces of democracy [[electronic resource] ] : geographical perspectives on citizenship, participation and representation / / edited by Clive Barnett and Murray Low

• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 253 p.) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 323.042
• Soggetto topico: Political participation; Democracy; Citizenship
• Altri autori: BarnettClive LowMurray
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Geography and Democracy: An Introduction; Chapter 2 - Global Democratization: Measuring and Explaining the Diffusion of Democracy; Chapter 3 - Electoral Geography in Electoral Studies: Putting Voters in Their Place; Chapter 4 - Representation, Law and Redistricting in the United States; Chapter 5 - Citizens and the State: Citizenship Formations in Space and Time; Chapter 6 - Open Borders and Free Population Movement: A Challenge for Liberalism; Chapter 7 - Cities as Spaces of Democracy: Complexity, Scale and Governance ; Chapter 8 - Spaces of Public and Private: Locating PoliticsChapter 9 - The Geopolitics of Democracy and Citizenship in Latin America; Chapter 10 - Media, Democracy and Representation: Disembodying the Public; Chapter 11 - Cultures of Democracy: Spaces of Democratic Possibility; Chapter 12 - Spaces of Mobilization: Transnational Social Movements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In an historically unprecedented way, democracy is now increasingly seen as a universal model of legitimate rule. This work addresses the key question: How can democracy be understood in theory and in practice?
• Titolo autorizzato: Spaces of democracy
• ISBN: 1-4462-1630-6; 1-4462-2331-0; 1-280-36897-7; 9786610368976; 1-4129-3139-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783235803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II