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Participatory democracy and political participation : can participatory engineering bring citizens back in? / edited by Thomas Zittel and Dieter Fuchs.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 48.
- Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 48
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation.
- Politics, Practical.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction: democratic reform and political participation / Thomas Zittel, Dieter Fuchs 1
- Part I Democratic reform and political participation: two theoretical perspectives 7
- 1 Participatory democracy and political participation / Thomas Zittel 9
- 2 Participatory, liberal and electronic democracy / Dieter Fuchs 29
- Part II Democratic reform and political responsiveness 55
- 3 Political participation in party primaries: increase in quantity, decrease in quality? / Gideon Rahat, Reuven Y. Hazan 57
- 4 The Scottish Parliament: a new era for participatory democracy? / Peter McLaverty, Sue Morris 73
- Part III Democratic reform and direct democracy 89
- 5 The effects of direct democracy and city size on political participation: the Swiss case / Simone Baglioni 91
- 6 Direct democracy and political participation from a cross-national perspective / Silvano Moeckli 107
- Part IV Democratic reform and civil society 125
- 7 Explaining low participation rates: collective action and the "concerned unmobilized" / Grant Jordan, William A. Maloney 127
- 8 Trust and governance: how culture and economics constrain the state / Eric M. Uslaner 152
- 9 Workplace democracy: turning workers into citizens? / Neil Carter 167
- Part V Democratic reform and local government 185
- 10 Mobilizing for participatory democracy? The case of democracy policy in Sweden / Stig Montin 187
- 11 Democratic renewal in local government? Top-down strategies for bottom-up involvement / Jacob Aars 202
- Conclusion: can participatory engineering bring citizens back in? / Thomas Zittel 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415371864
- 0203969316
- 9780415371865
- 9780203969311
- OCLC:
- 64897197
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415371865
- 9780203969311
- Online:
- Publisher description
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