Democratic Incongruities

Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.

Autorentext
David Judge is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is the author/co-author/editor of 12 books, including The Parliamentary State, Representation: Theory and Practice in Britain, and Political Institutions in the United Kingdom, and numerous articles/chapters on legislative institutions, representative democracy, and decision-making in Britain and the EU.

Inhalt

1. Democratic Incongruities: Old Models and New Perspectives 2. The 'Problem' of the People 3. The 'Problem' of Representational Transmission of Power 4. The 'Problem' of Elected Representatives 5. The 'Problem' of Representative Government 6. The 'Problem' of Citizen Participation 7. The 'Problem' of 'Post-': Post-representative, Post-parliamentary, Post-democracy