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This book argues that a well-educated citizenry and freer flow of information has contributed to a state of "hyperdemocracy" which impedes itself. This book applies the idea of 'reflexive modernization' to democratic theory, setting out a new perspective on the challenges democracy faces.
- About the authors
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Stephen Welch is Lecturer in Politics at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK. He is the author of The Concept of Political Culture and The Theory of Political Culture, as well as various articles and chapters on political culture, political scandal, and aspects of American politics.
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- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction: Hyperdemocracy, the Cognitive Dimension of Democracy, and Democratic Theory
Pages 1-13
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The Cognitive Dimension of Democracy from Plato to Mill
Pages 15-32
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Constitutive Theory: Competition, Polyarchy, and the Cognitive Dimension of Democracy
Pages 33-48
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Causal Theory: Progressivist and Skeptical Strands of Modernization Theory
Pages 49-64
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Cognitive Mobilization and Reflexive Modernization: Deriving the Theory of Hyperdemocracy
Pages 65-80
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Hyperdemocracy
- Authors
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- S. Welch
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-09917-4
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137099174
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-34114-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-34397-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 217
- Topics
