| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
six facts about politics that demand a new agenda |
| Author: |
ChalmersDouglas A., |
| Place of Publication: |
New York |
| Published: |
Columbia University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
177 p.22 cm.; |
| Series: |
Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures |
| Subject: |
Democracy - |
| Subject: |
Representative government and representation - |
| Online resource: |
http://igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/COLB0001782.html |
| ISBN: |
9780231162944 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN: |
9780231531054 (e-book) |
| Content Note: |
Rethinking the institutions of representative democracy -- Which people are represented in a representative democracy? -- Fact: quasi-citizens in the community are represented -- Fact: quasi-citizens in other jurisdictions are represented -- Connecting people and decision makers -- Fact: organizations and their alliances change rapidly -- Fact: personal networks are important -- Law- and policy making -- Fact: deliberation is as important as bargaining -- Fact: decisions are made in multiple venues. |