Author: WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780618466658
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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American Government Brief 6th Edition Plus Cigler American Politics 5th Edition Plus California Recall Election
Author: WilsonAmerican Government Brief with Cigler American Politics Fifth Edition, Election Magazine Sixth Editon, and Map Supplement
Author: WilsonAmerican Government Brief 6th Ed + American Politics 6th Ed
Author: James Q. WilsonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin College Division
ISBN: 9780618562220
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
American Government, Brief
Author: James Q. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780618734917
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
American Government Revised Sixth Edition with Election Supplement 2002 and Cigler American Politics Fifth Edition
Author: GitelsonAmerican Government Tenth Edition Plus Cigler American Politics Sixth Edition
Author: James Q. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780618734900
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Wilson American Government Brief 6th Plus American Government Study Guide 5th Edition Plus American Government 2002 Election Supplement Brief 6th Edition Plus Barbour American Government Reader
Author: James Q. WilsonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin College Division
ISBN: 9780618541577
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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By Popular Demand
Author: John GastilPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520223659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"By Popular Demand tackles two important issues--increasing political participation and restoring trust in government--that are critical to the future of American democracy. John Gastil's careful research makes a solid contribution to the recent literature on the growing divide between the public, elections, and policy decisions. His solutions are worthy of our careful consideration."—Mark Baldassare, author of When Government Fails: The Orange County Bankruptcy (California 1998) and California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape (California 2000). "In an era of political cynicism, a new movement of citizen empowerment is afoot. Encouraging active involvement through community dialogue and deliberation, advocates of strong democracy are designing innovative processes in which ordinary citizens can work through difficult public issues by constructive and respectful talk. John Gastil's new book By Popular Demand: Revitalizing Representative Democracy by Deliberative Elections is a new landmark work in the literature of politics and communication and should be read by everyone interested in the revitalization of democracy."—Stephen W. Littlejohn, President Public Dialogue Consortium "By Popular Demand is a persuasively argued account of the deficiencies of the U.S. electoral system. Gastil provides a wealth of insights into the frequent disconnect between politicians and their constituents. His solution for the ails of popular representation--including on voters' ballots the correspondence between legislators' positions and those of citizen panels--should provoke spirited debate among scholars, journalists, and policymakers alike."—Mark A. Smith, University of Washington John Gastil makes a compelling case for a more deliberative approach to electing officials in the United States. He understands the potential for public deliberation and the barriers to it. Anyone interested in improving the representativeness of the electoral process should take note of this book and its provocative proposal. As Gastil masterfully demonstrates, a deliberative citizenry provides both the knowledge and will required to legitimate democratic governance."—David Mathews, President, Kettering Foundation "Hallelujah for John Gastil! He's right on target that citizens must regain their place in our politics and public life. His call to create more places for citizens to talk deeply about their concerns and hopes is one we must all heed."—Richard C. Harwood, Founder and President of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation
Participatory Democracy and Political Participation
Author: Thomas ZittelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134194706
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to provide more opportunities for political participation and inclusion. Combining theory and empirical case studies, this is a systematic evaluation of the most visible and explicit efforts to engineer political participation via institutional reforms. Part I discusses the phenomenon of participatory engineering from a conceptual standpoint, while parts II, III and IV take a comparative, as well as an empirical, perspective. The contributors to these sections analyze participatory institutions on the basis of empirical models of democracy such as direct democracy, civil society and responsive government and analyze the impact of these models on political behaviour. Part V includes exploratory regional case studies on specific reform initiatives that present descriptive accounts of the policies and politics of these reforms. Delivering a detailed assessment of democratic reform, this book will of strong interest to students and researchers of political theory, democracy and comparative politics.
Social Capital Theory
Author: Julia HäubererPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3531926462
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The field of social capital still lacks a recognized general theory. Accordingly, various and sometimes inappropriate measurements are used for it. Julia Häuberer contributes to filling in this gap and provides progress towards the creation of a formalized social capital theory based on the founding concepts of social capital of Bourdieu (1983) and Coleman (1988), and current concepts of Putnam (2000), Burt (1992) and Lin (2001). The second part of the monograph focuses on the quality of measurements of the more general concept of social capital derived in the first part. Therefore, the telephone survey “Social Relationships among Czech Citizens” conducted as a test-retest experiment is analyzed. This book is valuable reading for academics in Sociology and Political Science.