Parvin, Phil (2018) Citizen-centred democratic theory is dead. Long live citizen-centred theory! It’s time we designed a politics for citizens as they really are, not how we’d like them to be. Democratic Audit Blog (19 Mar 2018). Blog Entry.
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Forms of democracy that depend on high levels of public participation and civic deliberation are unrealistic, argues Phil Parvin. Instead, political reform should focus less on increased participation and more on representation, in particular to counter the effects of elite lobbying by economically powerful interest groups.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | https://www.democraticaudit.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2021 11:18 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 20:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109610 |
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