Innovations, reinvented politics and representative democracy. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Alexandra Goujon and Guillaume Gourgues.
• Editors: Alexandre, Agnès; Goujon, Alexandra; Gourgues, Guillaume
• Contents: 1. Do Political Innovations Matter? Representative democracy at a crossroads Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Alexandra Goujon and Guillaume Gourgues Part I: Elite selection stream 2. A New Political Elite in France: The end of professionalization? Dominique Andolfatto 3. Does Party Democracy Impact American Politics? The Rise of the Amateur Republican during the 2016 US Presidential Cycle François Vergniolle De Chantal 4. Primary Elections for Party Leadership in Italy: A Democratic innovation? Giulia Sandri, Antonella Seddone and Fabio Sozzi 5. Experimenting with Open Non-Partisan Primaries: LaPrimaire.org (2016-2017) Rémi Lefebvre Part II: Governance stream 6. An Undying Breed? The Electoral Mobilization of Supporters’ Networks by the Conservative and Labour Parties in the UK Agnès Alexandre-Collier and Emmanuelle Avril 7. Political Innovation and Democratic Participation within Podemos in Spain Mathieu Petithomme 8. A ‘Popular Democracy’ without People? Citizens’ Distant Support for ‘Participatory Governance’ in a French town Guillaume Gourgues and Clément Mabi 9. Privatizing or Renewing Politics? Para-partisan groups in the United States Alix Meyer 10. Experimenting Local Civic Activism in Ukraine: The case study of Strong Communities Alexandra Goujon Part III: Technological stream 11. Tweeting Back: Innovative Political Contestation in Viral Posts on Twitter during the 2017 French Presidential Elections Alex Frame and Gilles Brachotte 12. Can Big Data Reinvigorate Political Participation? The Case of the French presidential electoral campaign in 2017 Anaïs Théviot 13. The Digital Mobilization of the Discord Community Supporting Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise and Beppe Grillo’s Five Stars Movement Paola Sedda 14. Conclusion: Lessons to draw from the comparison Anika Gauja
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 321.8; Democracy; Representative government and representation; Political participation; Political parties; Political culture; Digital media -- Political aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429649226; 9780429651861; 9780429646584; 9780429026300
• Related ISBNs: 9780367134129
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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