| The State of Access: Success and Failure of Democracies to Create Equal Opportunities Contributor(s): Jong, Jorrit de (Editor), Rizvi, Gowher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815775016 ISBN-13: 9780815775010 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press OUR PRICE: $35.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve. In theory, rules and regulations may formally guarantee access to democratic processes, public services, and justice. But reality routinely disappoints, for a number of reasons--exclusionary policymaking, insufficient attention to minorities, underfunded institutions, inflexible bureaucracies. The State of Access helps close the gap between the potential and performance in democratic governance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.011 |
| LCCN: 2008038065 |
| Series: Innovative Governance of the 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.26" W x 9.11" (0.98 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve. In theory, rules and regulations may formally guarantee access to democratic processes, public services, and justice. But reality routinely disappoints, for a number of reasons--exclusionary policymaking, insufficient attention to minorities, underfunded institutions, inflexible bureaucracies. The State of Access helps close the gap between the potential and performance in democratic governance. |