民主主義の変容：先進民主国家における政治的機会の拡大 Democracy Transformed? : Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies (Comparative Politics)

Cain, Bruce E. (EDT)/ Dalton, Russell J. (EDT)/ Scarrow, Susan E. (EDT)

Oxford University Press（2003/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 328 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199264995
• DDC分類 321.8

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2004. Comparative study of 18 advanced industrial democracies over 40 years of institutional change, presented by a group of leading international scholars.

Full Description

The popular pressures for reforms of the democratic process have mounted across the OECD nations over the past generation. In response, democratic institutions are changing, evolving, and expanding in ways that may alter the structure of the democratic process. These changes include reforms of the electoral process, the expansion of referendums, introduction of open government provisions, and more access points for direct political involvement. Indeed, some observers claim that we are witnessing the most fundamental transformation of the democratic process since the creation of mass democracy in the early 20th Century. This international team of distinguished scholars assembles the evidence of how democratic institutions and processes are changing, and considers the larger implications of these reforms for the nature of democracy. The findings point to a new style of democratic politics that expands the nature of democracy, but also carries challenges for democracies to include all its citizens and govern effectively in an environment of complex government.

Contents

INTRODUCTION; PART I: ELECTORAL CHANGE; PART II: CHANGE IN NON-ELECTORAL INSTITUTIONS; PART III: THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL REFORM