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Author : M. A. P. Bovens,Anchrit C. Wille
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198790631
This volume dissects the rise of a political meritocracy and its consequences for democracy and the political landscape.
Author : Mark Bovens,Anchrit Wille
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192507914
Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western Europe are diploma democracies - ruled by those with the highest formal qualifications. Citizens with low or medium educational qualifications currently make up about 70 percent of the electorates, yet they have become virtually absent from almost all political arenas. University graduates have come to dominate all political institutions and venues, from political parties, parliaments and cabinets, to organised interests, deliberative settings, and Internet consultations. This rise of a political meritocracy is part of larger trend. In the information society, educational background, like class or religion, is an important source of social and political divides. Those who are well educated tend to be cosmopolitans, whereas the lesser educated citizens are more likely to be nationalists. This book documents the context, contours, and consequences of this rise of a political meritocracy. It explores the domination of higher educated citizens in political participation, civil society, and political office in Western Europe. It discusses the consequences of this rise of a political meritocracy, such as descriptive deficits, policy incongruences, biased standards, and cynicism and distrust. Also, it looks at ways to remedy, or at least mitigate, some of the negative effects of diploma democracy.
Author : Armin Schäfer,Michael Zürn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509558780
There is a tendency in public debate to downplay the significance of populism by attributing its rise to the inadequacies of those who vote for populist leaders and parties. But this way of thinking prevents us from seeing that the rise of populism may be linked to problems and shortcomings in the way our democracies work. In this important book, Armin Schäfer and Michael Zürn argue that the rise of authoritarian populism is rooted in two developments that are specifically political in character: first, the unequal responsiveness of parliaments towards less privileged citizens; and second, the growing political role of non-majoritarian institutions, like central banks and international institutions, that remove decisions from public debate and entrust them to experts. Contemporary democracy is increasingly perceived as lacking openness and representativeness. More and more citizens come to feel that politics is made by a closed political class oblivious to the concerns of ordinary people, and those who share this view are more likely to vote for authoritarian populists. Although contemporary populists keep rubbing salt into the wound of liberal democracy, their responses fail to solve the problems of democratic politics. On the contrary, wherever authoritarian-populist parties have come to power, they have damaged democracy rather than expanding it or reducing existing inequalities.
Author : Frank Hendriks
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191614392
Vital Democracy outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy - pendulum, consensus, voter and participatory democracy - that are thoroughly analysed, compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Just like a few primary colours produce an array of shades, a few basic models of democracy appear, the author argues, to constitute a wide range of democratic variants in real life. Focusing on tried and tested democratic institutions, Frank Hendriks shows that the four models of democracy - with their divergent patterns of leadership, citizenship and governance, their inherent strengths and weaknesses - are never purely instantiated. He argues that wherever democracy is practiced with some level of success, it is always as hybrid democracy, thereby challenging those democratic reformers and theorists that have inspired the quest for democratic purity. Vital Democracy builds on Arend Lijphart's well-known work which distinguishes between majoritarian and consensual democratic countries but also goes well beyond it, urging attention to non-national, non-formal, and non-representative expressions of democracy as well.
Author : David Goodhart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781982128463
"In his follow-up to the bestselling The Road to somewhere, David Goodhart divides society into people who work with their Heads (cognitive work), with their Hands (manual work), or with their Hearts (caring work), and considers each group's changing status and influence. Today, the "the best and the brightest" trump the "decent and hardworking." Other qualities like character, craft, integrity, physical labor, and compassion command far less respect. This imbalance has led to the disaffection and alienation of millions of people. How did we get here? Goodhart, one of the boldest thinkers on the political shocks of recent years, reveals the untold history behind this disparity and outlines the challenges we face as a result. This is the dramatic story of the struggle for status and dignity in the twenty-first century."--Page 4 of cover
Author : Mark Tushnet,Dimitry Kochenov
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781839101649
This Research Handbook deals with the politics of constitutional law around the world, using both comparative and political analysis, delivering global treatment of the politics of constitutional law across issues, regions and legal systems. Offering an innovative, critical approach to an array of key concepts and topics, this book will be a key resource for legal scholars and political science scholars. Students with interests in law and politics, constitutions, legal theory and public policy will also find this a beneficial companion.
Author : Ruth Wodak,Brigitte Mral,Majid KhosraviNik
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780932453
This volume offers a comparative survey of Far Right parties across Europe, examining in particular their changing political rhetoric. The contributors look at the development of two distinct forms of party development and discourse: The Haiderization and The Berlusconization model.
Author : Jean Bottaro,John Stanley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521189378
An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. This coursebook covers Paper 2, Topic 2, Democratic states - challenges and responses, in the 20th Century World History syllabus for the IB History programme. It is divided into thematic sections, following the IB syllabus structure and is written in clear, accessible English. It covers the following areas for detailed study: Africa: South Africa 1991-2000; Americas: United States 1953-73; Asia and Oceania: India 1947- 64; and Europe and Middle East: Weimar Germany 1919-33. The content is tailored to the requirements and assessment objectives of the syllabus and provides opportunities for students to make comparisons between different regions and time periods.
Author : Jean Bottaro,John Stanley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781107556355
Comprehensive second editions of History for the IB Diploma Paper 2, revised for first teaching in 2015. This coursebook covers Paper 2, World History Topic 9: Evolution and Development of Democratic States (1848-2000) of the History for the IB Diploma syllabus for first assessment in 2017. Tailored to the requirements of the IB syllabus and written by experienced IB History examiners and teachers, it offers authoritative and engaging guidance through the following detailed studies from around the world: South Africa, India, Germany, and the USA.
Author : Arco Publishing Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Examinations
ISBN : MSU:31293105694651
Author : William Lawrence Wrinkle,Robert S. Gilchrist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005034959
Author : Robert Michels
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780029212509
In this book Michels analyzes the tendencies that oppose the realization of democracy, and claims that these tendencies can be classified in three ways: dependence upon the nature of the individual; dependence upon the nature of the political structure; and dependence upon the nature of organization. This edition, described by Morris Janowitz as a "classic of modern social science" and by Melvin Tumin as "the beginning of a tradition", offers a landmark study in political science. Following its original publication in 1910, the study and analysis of political parties was established as a new branch of science. Political Parties continues to be a foundation work in the literature and is a necessary addition to the libraries of contemporary political scientists, sociologists, and historians. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : NWU:35556030856652
Author : Ines Sabanovic
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638743556
Diploma Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Communications - Media and Politics, Politic Communications, grade: 2, University of Vienna, 110 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Introduction "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main"- this utopia by John Donne was written in the renaissance period and aimed to explain the place of a person as a unit in a society. I use this utopia at the beginning of my diploma paper, because I believe that it could be placed in modern time and it can describe the modern man in relation to the mass media today. Each and every one of us uses media in some context of our lives. It doesn't matter is that the print media, internet, or TV- we can't live without it anymore. Everything we need to know, all information we need for surviving in the society is connected and broadcasted through the mass media.It doesn't have to be a first hand experience, we can learn some new information from another person but it is the big possibility that this person found out about this information from the media. This is where the verse "no man is an island" comes to expression at the most. All the function of the media, described later in the diploma paper is subjected to us, to us as individuals in a society, or so the theory says. The mass media and elections: there are a lot of questions we can asand theses we can construct about this theme. Elections are the central instrument for the exercise of the sovereignty of the nation and they can be seen as the quality measurement of the society. They affirm that the political power comes from the people to the politician an as that she should not be used in negative connotations. The main question of this diploma paper is: Why is it possible to have a revolution in a country like Ukraine, whose place in the rang of the free media is way under the place of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose citizens still live in a bad economica