Domestic Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy Paperback / softback
Edited by Peter F Nardulli
Part of the Democracy, Free Enterprise, and the Rule series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 2
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:02/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780252075216
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 2
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:02/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252075216
