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Item Details
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RULING THE VOID
THE HOLLOWING-OUT OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY |
| By: |
Peter Mair |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
178168099X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781680995 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
31 August, 2013 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Chilling account of the end of party democracy, by the leading political scientist |
| Synopsis: |
Throughout the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, party membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are being sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair's new book weighs the impact of these changes, which together show that, after a century of democratic aspiration, electorates are deserting the political arena. He examines the alarming parallel development that has seen Europe's political elites remodel themselves as a homogeneous professional class, withdrawing into state institutions that offer relative stability in a world of fickle voters. Meanwhile, non-democratic agencies and practices proliferate and gain credibility - not least among them the European Union itself, an organization whose notorious "democratic deficit" reflects the deliberate intentions of those who founded the EU, an association that now contributes to the depoliticization of the member states. Ruling the Void offers an authoritative and chilling assessment of the prospects for popular political representation today, not only in the varied democracies of Europe but throughout the developed world. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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