Reforming democracies : six facts about politics that demand a new agenda

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Reforming democracies : six facts about politics that demand a new agenda

Title remainder

six facts about politics that demand a new agenda

Statement of responsibility

Douglas A. Chalmers

Creator

• Chalmers, Douglas A
• Chalmers, Douglas A

Subject

• Representative government and representation
• Democracy
• Representative government and representation
• Democracy

Language

eng

Summary

Even well-established democracies need reform, and any successful effort to reform democracies must look beyond conventional institutions -- elections, political parties, special interests, legislatures and their relations with chief executives -- to do so. Expanding a traditional vision of the institutions of representative democracy, Douglas A. Chalmers examines six aspects of political practice relating to the people being represented, the structure of those who make law and policy, and the links between those structures and the people. Chalmers concludes with a discussion of where successful reform needs to take place: we must pay attention to a democratic ordering of the constant reconfiguration of decision making patterns; we must recognize the crucial role of information in deliberation; and we must incorporate noncitizens and foreigners into the political system, even when they are not the principal beneficiaries

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• University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures

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DLC

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index present

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non fiction

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bibliography

Series statement

University seminars, Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures