Groups, representation and democracy between promise and practice /
Halpin, Darren.
Groups, representation and democracy between promise and practice / Darren Halpin. - Manchester, UK ; Manchester University Press ; (c)2010. New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) - Perspectives on democratic practice .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Groups as agents of democracy? -- Interest group aliases: towards definitional commensurability? -- Democratic expectations: the representation account -- Between representation and solidarity: (re)calibrating democratic expectations -- Democratic promises and practices: some empirical evidence -- The orthodox case: the drift from representation towards solidarity -- Making Olson work: rejuventating 'supply-side' explanations -- Are 'protest businesses' contemporary phenomena? -- Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of representation -- Between promise and practice.
This book debates the democratic potential and practice of groups; focusing on the vibrancy of internal democracies, and modes of accountability with those who join such groups and or the constituencies they advocate for.
9781847793027
Associations, institutions, etc.
Social groups--Political aspects.
Social participation.
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.
Electronic Books.
HM753 / .G768 2010
Groups, representation and democracy between promise and practice / Darren Halpin. - Manchester, UK ; Manchester University Press ; (c)2010. New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) - Perspectives on democratic practice .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Groups as agents of democracy? -- Interest group aliases: towards definitional commensurability? -- Democratic expectations: the representation account -- Between representation and solidarity: (re)calibrating democratic expectations -- Democratic promises and practices: some empirical evidence -- The orthodox case: the drift from representation towards solidarity -- Making Olson work: rejuventating 'supply-side' explanations -- Are 'protest businesses' contemporary phenomena? -- Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of representation -- Between promise and practice.
This book debates the democratic potential and practice of groups; focusing on the vibrancy of internal democracies, and modes of accountability with those who join such groups and or the constituencies they advocate for.
9781847793027
Associations, institutions, etc.
Social groups--Political aspects.
Social participation.
Representative government and representation.
Democracy.
Electronic Books.
HM753 / .G768 2010