Democratic Incongruities Representative Democracy in Britain
Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatche
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David Judge
Democratic Incongruities
Democratic Incongruities Representative Democracy in Britain David Judge Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
© David Judge 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-0-230-31446-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-33969-3 ISBN 978-1-137-31729-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137317292 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
Contents Preface and Acknowledgements
vi
1 Democratic Incongruities: Old Models and New Perspectives
1
2 The ‘Problem’ of the People
25
3 The ‘Problem’ of Representational Transmission of Power
47
4 The ‘Problem’ of Elected Representatives
77
5 The ‘Problem’ of Representative Government
107
6 The ‘Problem’ of Citizen Participation
135
7 The ‘Problem’ of ‘Post-’: Post-Representative, Post-Parliamentary, Post-Democracy
172
References
195
Index
223
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Preface and Acknowledgements ‘Know your audience’ should be the guiding dictum for all authors. In the case of this book the audience is known and apparent: it is me. Or, to avoid accusations of being self-indulgent, I should make it clear that the audience is ‘people like me’ who want to understand how representative democracy works in Britain. There are already a multitude of books and articles that tell us how it works, most of which are intensely critical of the ‘democratic deficit’ or the degree of
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