Demands on Democracy

Zusatztext Demands on Democracy is stimulating, and the two middle chapters on social democracy are particularly captivating. ... It deserves to be read by all students of politics who follow the European experience with interest and hope, and recently with concern. Informationen zum Autor José Maria Maravall was, until his retirement in 2008, Director of the Juan March Institute in Madrid. He has held Visiting Professorships at NYU, Harvard, Columbia, and the EUI, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and the British Academy. Between 1982 and 1988 he served as a Cabinet Minister in the Spanish government of Felipe González. His books include Regimes, Politics, and Markets (OUP, 1997) and Democracy and the Rule of Law (co-editor with A. Przeworski, CUP, 2003). Klappentext A thorough examination of the past and present experience of representative democracies and how it relates to the normative claims of democratic theory. Zusammenfassung A thorough examination of the past and present experience of representative democracies and how it relates to the normative claims of democratic theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Demands for Representation The Recurrent Crisis of Representative Democracy Does Electoral Democracy Induce the Control of Incumbents? Conclusions 2: Demands for Choice: The Competition Between Left and Right Introduction The Cause of Ideological Shifts The Political Consequences of Ideological Changes Conclusions 3: Demands for Equality Introduction The Social Democratic Conception of Equality The Evolution of Equality in Social Democratic Policies Social Democracy and Income Distribution in Hard Times The Political Consequences of Redistribution Conclusions Conclusion Summary European Integration and Democracy: Representation, Choice, and Redistribution Appendix: Political Parties

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• Authors: Josae Maraia Maravall, Jose Maria Maravall, José María Maravall, Jose Maria (Former Director of the Juan Maravall, Jose Maria (former Director of the Juan March Institute Maravall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9780198778523
• ISBN: 978-0-19-877852-3
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes