Groups, representation and democracy : between promise and practice /: between promise and practice. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Darren Halpin.
• Other Names: Halpin, Darren
• Contents: Groups as agents of democracy? -- Interest group aliases: towards definitional commensurability? -- Democratic expectations: the representation account -- Between representation and solidarity: (re)calibrating democratic expectations -- Democratic promises and practices: some empirical evidence -- The orthodox case: the drift from representation towards solidarity -- Making Olson work: rejuventating 'supply-side' explanations -- Are 'protest businesses' contemporary phenomena? -- Democratic transformation: fulfilling the promise of representation -- Between promise and practice.
• Publisher Details: Manchester, UK New York : Manchester University Press Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages)
• Subjects: 322; Associations, institutions, etc; Social groups -- Political aspects; Social participation; Representative government and representation; Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; Associations, institutions, etc; Democracy; Representative government and representation; Social groups -- Political aspects; Social participation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847793027; 1847793029
• Related ISBNs: 9780719076527; 0719076528
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-305) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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