Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought

ISBN-13: 9780415193962 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 768 str.

Paul Barry Clark; Joe Foweraker

Opis

The Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought is designed to bring together all the ideas that matter to democracy, past, present and future. It explores these ideas through a co-ordinated collection of essays on key concepts and issues. The result is a meeting of many of the world's leading political scientists, political sociologists and political philosophers. The design of the Encyclopedia is driven by ideas, and so the context is both analytical and reflective. The essays draw on every tradition of democratic thought as well as developing concepts. The essays also consider the practical implications of the ideas for the conduct of democratic politics in the modern world. Without seeking to compose any kind of recipe for democratic success, the essays do together offer guidelines for good democratic practice. The Encyclopedia is a single-volume work of reference that is designed to be the first port-of-call for everyone interested in democratic ideas, democratic practice and the quality of democratic governance.

Recenzje

'I can see this encyclopedia performing a fine role in the life of any good quality teaching and research library.' - Forum, December 2001

Spis treści

Entries include:
civil service,corruption,decentralization,electoral campaigning,empowerment,federalism,gendered democracy,globalization,gridlock,hybrid systems,imperialism,judicial review,liberalism,media,parliamentary models,party systems,political culture,populism,presidentialism,privatization,public opinion, referendums, republicanism,revolutions,security,social democracy,sovereignty,statelessness,trade unions,Westminster model.

O autorze

Joe Foweraker is Professor of Government and Director of the Centre for Mexican Studies at the University of Essex. He has written comparative accounts of social movements, citizenship rights and democracy, in addition to monographs on grassroots politics and democratic change in Brazil, Spain and Mexico. Currently he is working on a global analysis of democratic performance. Paul Barry Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. He has written extensively on the relationship of the individual to the modern state, the concept of political autonomy and the changing nature of citizenship in modern democracies.