Product details
- Categories: Political Theory
- Publisher: PALGRAVE-MACMILLAN
- ISBN: 9781403997401
- Publication Date: 07/07/2006
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 248
- Language: English
Summary
Achieving mass democracy was the great triumph of the last century. Learning to live with it will be the greatest achievement of this one. Stoker suggests that democracy must create a new politics, making it as easy as possible for as many people to participate. Winner of the Political Studies Association Book of the Year Prize 2006
Table of contents
Introduction
PART 1: MASS DEMOCRACY: TRIUMPH AND DISAPPOINTMENT
The Triumph of Democracy?
An Age of Political Discontent?
Explanations of Political Disenchantment
The Politics of Disappointment
PART 2: THE PATHOLOGIES OF POLITICAL PRACTICE
The Decline of Citizen Engagement?
The Professionalization of Activism?
The Dangers of Cynicism
The Perils of Populism
PART 3: SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS
Towards a Politics for Amateurs
Reviving Political Institutions
Creating a New Civic Arena
Conclusion