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The contributors to this volume, first published in 1997, address questions central to the development and survival of democratic rule. Brought together under the auspices of a Nobel Symposium on democracy, leading experts in the field examine historical experiences, social and cultural problems, economic development, constitutional issues, the impact of globalization, and the prospects for promoting democratic government. The coverage of the book is global, and the approach is multidisciplinary, providing a unique perspective from leading historians, political scientists, economists, and sociologists. The chapters thus provide an excellent survey of different facets of, and approaches to, democracy, including such fundamental issues as the nature of democratic citizenship, and its prevalence around the world; the relationship between economic development and the progress of democracy; and the influence of international interdependence on sovereignty and democratic accountability.

Political sociology --- #SBIB:324H20 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:AANKOOP --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Democracy --- Economic development --- World politics --- Congresses. --- Congresses --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Cabinet system --- 328.13 <4-15> --- Kabinetten. Kabinetsformatie. Regeringsvorming. Kabinetsvorming. Ministerspresident. Regeringsvorming--West-Europa --- 328.13 <4-15> Kabinetten. Kabinetsformatie. Regeringsvorming. Kabinetsvorming. Ministerspresident. Regeringsvorming--West-Europa --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:324H41 --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Politieke structuren: elite --- Cabinet system - Europe, Western

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Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of post-communist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The authors analyse the patterns of post-communist democratization in these countries, paying particular attention to the process of party formation, electoral politics, the growth of civil society, and the impact of economic reform on the emergence of interest groups. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post-communist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.

Political systems --- anno 1990-1999 --- Eastern and Central Europe --- #SBIB:328H27 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:003.IEB --- Instellingen en beleid: Midden- en Centraal Europa: algemeen --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Democracy --- Democratization --- Post-communism --- Europe, Eastern --- Politics and government --- Europe [Eastern ] --- 1989 --- -Democracy --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.

Political systems --- Representative government and representation. --- Democracy --- Elections --- Démocratie --- Gouvernement représentatif --- Representative government and representation --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Self-government --- Constitutional history --- Constitutional law --- Political science --- Republics --- Suffrage --- 321.15 --- 321.72 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:AANKOOP --- #A9706A --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Social Sciences --- Political Science