Imperfect Democracies: The Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States - Rilegato

9780774823760: Imperfect Democracies: The Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States

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ISBN 10: 0774823763 ISBN 13: 9780774823760

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2012

Imperfect Democracies brings together Canadian and American scholars to compare and contrast the democratic deficit in the two nations. They evaluate the ways in which the institutions in both countries do or do not live up to democratic ideals of popular sovereignty and political equality, focusing on these key questions: What can be done to remedy the deficit? And what can each country learn from the experiences of the other?

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L'autore:

Patti Tamara Lenard is an assistant professor ofapplied ethics at the Graduate School of Public and InternationalAffairs at the University of Ottawa.RichardSimeon is a professor emeritus in the Political ScienceDepartment at the University of Toronto.Contributors:Robert C. Boatright, Simone Chambers,John C. Courtney, David C. Docherty, Amy Lang, Ethan J. Leib, MichaelMcDonald, David Munro, Neil Nevitte, Pippa Norris, David Ponet, DanielTichenor, Mark Warren, Graham White, Stephen White, and Lisa Young

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Canada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing concern about the quality of these democracies are becoming louder and more insistent. Critics maintain that the two countries suffer from a "democratic deficit," a deficit that raises profound questions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of their democratic institutions.Imperfect Democracies brings together Canadian and American scholars to compare how the democratic deficit plays out in the two nations. An important contribution to the field of democratic theory and the study of democratic institutions, this timely book will spark debate on both sides of the border.

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