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Democratic elitism : new theoretical and comparative perspectives / edited by Heinrich Best and John Higley

Higley, John, 1938- ; Best, Heinrich

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

Online Ressource (xi, 235 p.) : ill.

Englisch

Selected papers from an international conference took place during June 2007 in the Old Castle of Dornburg, Germany. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Democratic elitism. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-90-474-4174-8 (electronic bk.); 90-474-4174-5 (electronic bk.); 978-90-04-17939-4 (hardback : alk. paper); 90-04-17939-9 (hardback : alk. paper)

978-90-04-17939-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 90-04-17939-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-282-78645-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-282-78645-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-90-04-17939-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 668220423 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

JC423

305.52 ; 305.5/2     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC050000 ; bisacsh: SOC 050000

LOC-SH: Democracy -- Congresses ; Elite (Social sciences) -- Congresses ; Electronic books -- Conference proceedings ; Elite (Social sciences) -- Congresses ; Democracy -- Congresses

Electronic books ; Elite (Social sciences) ; Conference papers and proceedings ; Democracy ; Conference papers and proceedings ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Social Classes

"Joseph Schumpeter's 'competitive theory of democracy' - often labeled democratic elitism - has struck many as an apt and insightful description of how representative democracy works, even though convinced democrats detect an elitist thrust they find disturbing. But neither Schumpeter nor subsequent defenders of democratic elitism have paid enough attention to actual behaviors of leaders and elites. Attention has been riveted on how adequately democratic elitism captures the relationship between governors and governed in its insistence that competitive elections prevent the relationship from being one-way, that is, leaders and elites largely unaccountable to passive and submissive voters. Why and how leaders and elites create and sustain competitive elections, what happens if their competitions become excessively stage-managed or belligerent - how, in short, leaders and elites really act - are some of the issues this book addresses."--BOOK JACKET