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Reforming Democracy: Institutional Engineering in Western Europe (Comparative Politics)
Camille Bedock
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Description for Reforming Democracy: Institutional Engineering in Western Europe (Comparative Politics)
Hardcover. This volume explores when, why, and how, democratic institutions are reformed. Series: Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal political rules regulating the direct relationship between elites within the political system, parties, and citizens. They are therefore the cornerstone of the functioning of any political system. This book deals with the context, the motives, and the mechanisms explaining the incidence of institutional engineering in consolidated European democracies between 1990 and 2015. It is centred on the choice of political elites to use - or not ... Read more
When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal political rules regulating the direct relationship between elites within the political system, parties, and citizens. They are therefore the cornerstone of the functioning of any political system. This book deals with the context, the motives, and the mechanisms explaining the incidence of institutional engineering in consolidated European democracies between 1990 and 2015. It is centred on the choice of political elites to use - or not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Comparative Politics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198779582
SKU
V9780198779582
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About Camille Bedock
Camille Bedock is a FNRS postdoctoral researcher in the Centre d'étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL) at the Université libre de Bruxelles since September 2016. Her work focuses on democratic reforms in consolidated democracies, and on the changes of democracy in a context of decline of political support. She has published in numerous journals such as The European Political ... Read more
Reviews for Reforming Democracy: Institutional Engineering in Western Europe (Comparative Politics)
This book most importantly makes significant theoretical contributions to the study of institutional change. As scholarship at its best, it will likely elicit many responses, especially regarding the frequency of changes in core democratic rules and their bundling... Highly recommended.
T. D. Lancaster, (Emory University), Choice Reviews Vol 55.
T. D. Lancaster, (Emory University), Choice Reviews Vol 55.