Spaces of democracy: geographical perspectives on citizenship, participation and representation
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London SAGE 2004
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Geography and Democracy: An Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Global Democratization: Measuring and Explaining the Diffusion of Democracy; Chapter 3 -- Electoral Geography in Electoral Studies: Putting Voters in Their Place; Chapter 4 -- Representation, Law and Redistricting in the United States; Chapter 5 -- Citizens and the State: Citizenship Formations in Space and Time; Chapter 6 -- Open Borders and Free Population Movement: A Challenge for Liberalism; Chapter 7 -- Cities as Spaces of Democracy: Complexity, Scale and Governance
In an historically unprecedented way, democracy is now increasingly seen as a universal model of legitimate rule. Spaces of Democracy addresses the key question: How can democracy be understood in theory and in practise? In three thematically organised sections, Spaces of Democracy uses a critical geographical imagination (informed by thinking on space, place, and scale) to interrogate the latest work in democratic theory
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 253 p.)
ISBN:0761947337
1412931398
9780761947332
9781412931397

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