Domestic perspectives on contemporary democracy / edited by Peter F. Nardulli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nardulli, Peter F.

Series:

Democracy, Free Enterprise, and the Rule of Law

Democracy, free enterprise, and the rule of law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Cultural pluralism.

Political sociology.

Information society--Political aspects.

Information society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In looking at the remarkable proliferation of democracies since 1974, this volume offers important insight into the challenges and opportunities that democracy faces in the twenty-first century. Distinguished contributors detail difficulties that democracies face from within and how they deal with them. Among the contemporary threats to democracy emanating from internal sources are tensions arising over technology and its uses; ethnic, religious, and racial distinctions; and disparate access to resources, education, and employment. A democratically elected government can behave more or less democratically, even when controlling access to information, using legal authority to aid or intimidate, and applying resources to shape the conditions for the next election. With elections recently disputed in the United States, Mexico, Lebanon, and the Ukraine, debates about the future of democracy are inescapably debates about what kind of democracy is desired. Contributors are W. Lance Bennett, Bruce Bimber, Jon Fraenkel, Brian J. Gaines, Bernard Grofman, Wayne V. McIntosh, Peter F. Nardulli, Mark Q. Sawyer, Stephen Simon, Paul M. Sniderman, and Jack Snyder.

Contents:

""front cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Democracy Challenged: Demography, Technology, and Democratic Possibilities""; ""Part I: Social Heterogeneity and Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities""; ""2. Problems of Democratic Transition in Divided Societies""; ""3. Citizens, Identities, and Democratic Dialogues: Opportunities and Challenges of Diverse Societies""; ""4. Democracy, Diversity, and Leadership""; ""5. Electoral Engineering, Social Cleavages, and Democracy""

""Part II: Technology and Democracy: Mass-Elite Linkages in the Twenty-first Century""""6. Technological Advances and Individual Liberties: Privacy and the Reach of the State in the Twenty-first Century""; ""7. Engineering Consent: The Persistence of a Problematic Communication Regime""; ""8. The Internet and Political Fragmentation""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""back cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-58317-8

9786613895622

0-252-09197-3

OCLC:

1058815579