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2nd edition

London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Palgrave, [2017]

xv, 248 stran ilustrace, mapy, portréty, faksimile ; 22 cm

ISBN 978-0-230-36066-2 (brožováno)

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List of Tables and Figures x // Preface to First Edition xi // Preface to the Second Edition xiii // List of Abbreviations xv // Introduction 1 // The Dynamics of Politics 1 // Why Politics? 3 // Why Politics Matters 5 // Democratic Politics in Trouble: An Overview of // the Argument 7 // Part I Mass Democracy: Triumph and Disappointment 17 // 1 The Triumph of Democracy? 19 // The Nature of Democratic Governance 20 // Democracy as a Universal Value 21 // The Triumph of Democracy? 25 // Conclusions: Counter-Forces? 29 // 2 Global Dissatisfaction with Politics 32 // Patterns of Political Disenchantment 34 // The Steady Decliners 35 // The Steep Decliners 41 // The Basement Decliners 44 // The Modest Decliners 45 // Should Disenchantment Be a Matter of Concern? 46 // 3 Explanations for Political Disenchantment 50 // Might Social Change Be Driving Negativity Towards Politics? 51 Attitudinal Change: Citizen Alienation from Politics 57 // Process Failure: How Politics Has Changed for the Worse 61 // Outcome Failure 65 // Conclusion: Different Pathways to Anti-Politics 69 // 4 The Politics of Mass Democracies: Designed-In // Disappointment? 71 // Introduction 71 // Proposition 1: Politics is an inherently centralized form of // collective decision making 73 // Proposition 2: Politics is driven by complex communication // that is demanding and prone to failure 77 // Proposition 3: Political decisions usually involve mutual adjustment among governing elites and result in messy outcomes and a complex distribution of costs and benefits 81 Conclusions 85 // Part II The Pathologies of Political Practice 87 // 5 The Decline of Citizen Engagement? 89 // How Do Most Citizens Engage? 90 // Uneven Capacity to Participate: Exploring and Addressing // the Issues 93 // Concerns about the Quality of Participation 98 // Conclusions 102 // 6 The Professionalization of Politics: The Emergence of Multispeed Activism 104 //

Party Activists 105 // The Rise of the Citizen Lobby 109 // Protest and Dissent 114 // Concluding Comment: Participation by and Through // Experts 117 // 7 The Dangers of Cynicism 120 // Why Cynicism Matters 120 // Public Choice Theory: An Academic Framing for Cynicism? 122 Do Politicians Lie More Today? 126 // The Role of the Media: Defender of Democracy or Creator // of Corrosive Cynicism? 128 // A Failure of Moral Accounting? 130 // Conclusions 133 // 8 The Perils of Populism 134 // Exploring Populism 135 // Populism in Action 139 // Populism and Democratic Theory: A Minor Detour 141 // Assessing Populism 143 // Concluding Note 146 // Part III Searching for Solutions 149 // 9 Politics for Amateurs 151 // Political Engagement is Good (Up to a Point) 153 // Over-Prescription of Citizen Engagement 156 // Intensive Engagement is not Always Effective or an // Option Open to All Citizens 160 // Towards a Strategy of Engagement: Public and Civic // Politics 162 // 10 Reviving Political Institutions 165 // Making Representation Better 168 // Three Mainstream Reforms 171 // Three Unconventional Reforms 175 // A New Architecture of Multilevel Governance 176 // A Challenge to Politicians and Activists 182 // Conclusions 186 // 11 Creating a New Civic Arena 187 // Democratic Innovations 189 // Is the Internet a Game Changer? 200 // Is Counter Democracy the Answer? 204 // Information Flow and Understanding: Citizen Education // and the Media 204 // Concluding Note 208 // Conclusions 209 // What Reforms Do the Public Favour? 209 // What Are the Prospects for Reform? 213 // Who Should Lead Reform? 215 // The Challenge 215 // Postscript: the UK’s EU referendum and a plea for a better politics 216 // Notes and References // Index