The Decline of Representative Democracy: Process, Participation, and Power in State Legislatures - Brossura

Rosenthal, Alan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0871879743 ISBN 13: 9780871879745

Casa editrice: CQ Press, 1997

Riassunto

Based on a leading scholar's firsthand observations of legislatures as well as extensive interviews with legislators, legislative staff, and lobbyists, this important work describes and analyzes the contemporary state of legislatures and the legislative process in the fifty states. It explores the principal elements of legislatures, including the processes by which legislation is enacted, the impact of the media, political competition and partisanship, lobbyists and lobbying, the challenge of ethics, the role of leadership, and the linkage between legislators and their constituencies.Thematically, Alan Rosenthal argues that despite the popular perception that legislatures are autocratic, arbitrary, isolated, unresponsive, and up for sale, legislatures are, in fact, extraordinarily democratic and becoming more so. He concludes, furthermore, that the dangers to representative democracy today are substantial. The Decline of Representative Democracy builds on the growing literature in state politics and state legislatures. It also relies on the author's participant-observer research, interviews conducted especially for this book, and his years in the field. Many illustrative examples help to clarify the theoretical points made throughout the book, which in turn provide provocative sources of debate for students of the legislative process.

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L'autore

Alan Rosenthal is a professor of public policy and political science at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

Product Description

An analysis of legislatures and the legislative process in the 50 American states. It explores many topics, including: the shifting bases of representation; the development and transformation of legislative cultures; the competition for control; the role of interest groups; and more.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: CQ Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0871879743
• ISBN 13: 9780871879745
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 384