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Ruling the Void - by Peter Mair (Paperback)

Name: Ruling the Void - by Peter Mair (Paperback)
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A classic account of democracy's crisis of legitimacy The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void.
About the Author: Peter Mair (1951-2011) was one of the leading political scientists of his generation.
208 Pages
Political Science, Political Ideologies

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A classic account of democracy's crisis of legitimacy

The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void. The major parties have become so disconnected from society that they no longer seem capable of sustaining democracy in its present form.

First published in 2013, Ruling the Void presciently observed that the widening gap between citizens and their political leaders posed a crisis of legitimacy for the governing class, and was fuelling populist mobilizations against it. Europe's political elites had remodelled 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 proliferated - not least among them the European Union itself.

Mair weighs the impact of these changes, and offers an authoritative assessment of the prospects for popular political representation today, not only in the varied democracies of Britain and the EU but throughout the developed world.

With a new Introduction by Chris Bickerton, author of The European Union: A Citizen's Guide.

About the Author

Peter Mair (1951-2011) was one of the leading political scientists of his generation. His books include Party System Change and, with Stefano Bartolini, Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.19 Inches (H) x 5.43 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)

Weight: .22 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 208

Genre: Political Science

Sub-Genre: Political Ideologies

Publisher: Verso

Theme: Democracy

Format: Paperback

Author: Peter Mair

Language: English

Street Date: January 17, 2023

TCIN: 1009790904

UPC: 9781839767890

Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-8617

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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