Is Democracy Possible?: The Alternative to Electoral PoliticsIn this provocative book, John Burnheim argues that there is an alternative to our current political and economic structure. In a bold and original discussion of how and why the present system fails and what we might do to bring about genuine democracy, Burnheim offers the outline of a new kind of society, forcing us to reexamine our assumptions about the limits and possibilities of modern political systems. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE | 19 |
DEMOCRACY AND BUREAUCRACY | 51 |
DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION | 82 |
DEMOCRACY AND MARKETS | 125 |
IS DEM ARCH Y POSSIBLE? | 150 |
The promise of demarchy | 180 |
Notes | 188 |
| 201 | |
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Is Democracy Possible?: The Alternative to Electoral Politics John Burnheim Ограниченный просмотр - 1989 |
Is Democracy Possible?: The Alternative to Electoral Democracy John Burnheim Ограниченный просмотр - 2006 |
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| Название | Is Democracy Possible?: The Alternative to Electoral Politics Alternative to Electoral Politics |
| Автор | John Burnheim |
| Издатель | University of California Press, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0520056620, 9780520056626 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 205 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |