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portada Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2013
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
ISBN
1844673243
ISBN13
9781844673247

Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy

Peter Mair (Author) · Verso Books · Paperback

Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy - Peter Mair

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Synopsis "Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy"

In the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair’s new book weighs the impact of these changes, which together show that, after a century of democratic aspiration, electorates are deserting the political arena. Mair examines the alarming parallel development that has seen Europe’s political elites remodel themselves as a homogeneous professional class, withdrawing into state institutions that offer relative stability in a world of fickle voters. Meanwhile, non-democratic agencies and practices proliferate and gain credibility—not least among them the European Union itself, an organization contributing to the depoliticization of the member states and one whose notorious ‘democratic deficit’ reflects the deliberate intentions of its founders. Ruling the Void offers an authoritative and chilling assessment of the prospects for popular political representation today, not only in the varied democracies of Europe but throughout the developed world.

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