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Reforming Democracies : Six Facts About Politics That Demand a New Agenda / Douglas Chalmers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Leonard Hastings Schoff LecturesPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231162951
  • 9780231531054
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321.8 23
LOC classification:
  • JC423 .C51245 2013
  • JC423 .C51245 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: Why Do We Need Institutional Reform? -- PART I . THE CONCEPTS -- 1. Rethinking the Institutions of Representative Democracy -- PART II . THE PEOPLE -- 2. Which "People" Are Represented in a Representative Democracy? -- 3. Fact: Quasi-Citizens in the Community Are Represented -- 4. Fact: Quasi-Citizens in Other Jurisdictions Are Represented -- PART III. THE LINKS -- 5. Connecting People and Decision Makers -- 6. Fact: Organizations and Their Alliances Change Rapidly -- 7. Fact: Personal Networks Are Important -- PART IV. THE DECISION MAKERS -- 8. Law- and Policy Making -- 9. Fact: Deliberation Is as Important as Bargaining -- 10. Fact: Decisions Are Made in Multiple Venues -- Conclusion: A Review -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Suggested Readings -- Index
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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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: Why Do We Need Institutional Reform? -- PART I . THE CONCEPTS -- 1. Rethinking the Institutions of Representative Democracy -- PART II . THE PEOPLE -- 2. Which "People" Are Represented in a Representative Democracy? -- 3. Fact: Quasi-Citizens in the Community Are Represented -- 4. Fact: Quasi-Citizens in Other Jurisdictions Are Represented -- PART III. THE LINKS -- 5. Connecting People and Decision Makers -- 6. Fact: Organizations and Their Alliances Change Rapidly -- 7. Fact: Personal Networks Are Important -- PART IV. THE DECISION MAKERS -- 8. Law- and Policy Making -- 9. Fact: Deliberation Is as Important as Bargaining -- 10. Fact: Decisions Are Made in Multiple Venues -- Conclusion: A Review -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Suggested Readings -- Index

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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