| Citizen Participation in Multi-Level Democracies Contributor(s): Fraenkel-Haeberle (Editor), Kropp (Editor), Palermo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004287930 ISBN-13: 9789004287938 Publisher: Brill Nijhoff OUR PRICE: $278.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Law | International - Law | Public |
| Dewey: 323.042 |
| LCCN: 2015001326 |
| Series: Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.5" (1.60 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Citizen Participation in Multi-level Democracies offers an overview of new forms of participatory democracy in federally and regionally organised multi-level states. Its four sections focus on the conceptual foundations of participation, the implementation and instruments of democracy, examples from federal and regional States, and the emergence of participation on the European level. There is today a growing disaffection amongst the citizens of many states towards the traditional models of representative democracy. This book highlights the various functional and structural problems with which contemporary democracies are confronted and which lie at the root of their peoples' discontent. Within multi-level systems in particular, the fragmentation of state authority generates feelings of powerlessness among citizens. In this context, citizens' participation can in many cases be a useful complement to the representative and direct forms of democracy. |