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Author:   Matt Qvortrup ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780719076596

ISBN 10:   0719076595
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Introduction A note on the data 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 extra-parliamentary politics 5. Top-down initiated citizen politics: E-democracy, citizen juries and designer politics 6. Citizens as voters 7. Excursus: The power of the representatives PART III: CASE STUDIES IN CITIZEN DEMOCRACY 8. Decisions to hold referendums in the UK 9. Voting by the people: the referendums on the European constitution 10. Absentee voting in a comparative perspective 11. Quo vadis democracy? References -- .

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Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Political Science at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen -- .

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