Frederick G. Whelan (USA University of Pittsburgh)

Democracy in Theory and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an authoritative overview of Democratic Theory today. Its distinctive approach links theory to practice, emphasizing the wide variety of institutions and procedures through which core democratic principles are implemented and the normative and practical dimensions of the choices to be made among these alternatives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 694
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1204g
• ISBN-13: 9780815383529
• ISBN-10: 0815383525
• Artikelnr.: 53878368

Autorenporträt

Frederick G. Whelan is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught historical and democratic political theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Democratic Principles 3. Democracy and Other Values 4.
The Right to Vote 5. Issues in Democratic Voting 6. Voting and Decision
Methods 7. Participation and Democracy 8. Direct and Formative Democracy 9.
Communication and Deliberation 10. Accountability and Representation 11.
The Representation of Interests 12. Constitutionalism 13. Forms of
Democratic Government 14. Electoral Systems, Parties, and Party Government
15. Legislatures 16. Additional Principles of Democratic Governance 17. The
Executive Power 18. The Judicial Power