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Domestic Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy
University of Illinois Press, 2007 eISBN: 978-0-252-09197-1 | Cloth: 978-0-252-03319-3 | Paper: 978-0-252-07521-6 Library of Congress Classification JC423.D668 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 321.8
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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. See other books on: Bennett, W. Lance | Cultural pluralism | Information society | Political sociology | Sniderman, Paul M. See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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Domestic Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Illinois Press, 2007
eISBN: 978-0-252-09197-1
Cloth: 978-0-252-03319-3
Paper: 978-0-252-07521-6
eISBN: 978-0-252-09197-1
Cloth: 978-0-252-03319-3
Paper: 978-0-252-07521-6
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.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
