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020			_a9781847792303 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aJF799 _b.P655 2007
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100	1		_aQvortrup, Matt. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe politics of participation _bFrom Athens to e-democracy. _c
260			_aManchester : _bManchester University Press, _c(c)2007.
300			_a1 online resource (201 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_a9780719076589; 9780719076589; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; A note on the data; Introduction; Part I Theoretical aspects of citizen politics; 1 Understanding citizen politics: a methodological overview; 2 Participation and democracy from the Greeks to our times; Part II Empirical foundations of citizen politics; 3 An empirical approach to citizen politics; 4 Bottom-up politics: riots and extraparliamentary participation; 5 Top-down politics: e-democracy, citizens' juries and designer politics; 6 Citizens as voters; 7 Excursus: the power of the representatives.
505	0	0	_aPart III Case studies in citizen democracy8 Decisions to hold referendums in the UK; 9 Voting by the people: the referendums on the European Constitution; 10 Absentee voting: a comparative perspective; Conclusion: quo vadis democracy?; References; Index.
520	0		_aWe live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of?government by the people?, yet politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the?crisis of democracy?. How do these views square up?This book provides the answer by surveying the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and by analysing empirical data about citizen participation in Britain and other developed democracies. In addition to analysis of major political thinkers like Plato, Machiavelli and J.S. Mill, the book analyses how modern technology has influenced democracy. Among the issues discussed in t.
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650		4	_aDemocracy _xPhilosophy.
650		4	_aPolitical participation.
650		0	_aPolitical participation.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515089&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell