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Democratic Incongruities: Representative Democracy in Britain
David Judge
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Description for Democratic Incongruities: Representative Democracy in Britain
Hardcover. Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.
Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230314467
SKU
V9780230314467
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99-15
About David Judge
David Judge is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is the author/co-author/editor of 12 books, including The Parliamentary State, Representation: Theory and Practice in Britain, and Political Institutions in the United Kingdom, and numerous articles/chapters on legislative institutions, representative democracy, and decision-making in Britain and the EU.
Reviews for Democratic Incongruities: Representative Democracy in Britain
'Judge has long been one of the most perceptive analysts of parliament, and continued to argue for the importance of studying parliament even after it became for a time unfashionable to do so. He has been amply vindicated by the renewed interest in how parliament works, and its continuing importance in British politics... This book offers further reflections on the ... Read more