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008			190426s2020 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780198849940 _q(hb : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dIQ_MoCLU
042			_apcc
082			_223 _a324.2 _bW862
100	1		_aWolkenstein, Fabio, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRethinking party reform / _cFabio Wolkenstein.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aOxford, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2020.
300			_ax, 196 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and index.
520			_a"The functioning of representative democracy crucially depends on political parties that mediate between citizens and the state. It is widely doubted, however, that contemporary parties can still perform this connective role. Taking seriously the ensuing challenges for representative democracy, this book advances a normative account of party reform, drawing on both democratic theory and political science scholarship on parties. Moving beyond purely descriptive or causal-analytical perspectives on party reform, the book clarifies on theoretical grounds why party reform is centrally important for the sustainability of established democracies, and what effective party reforms could look like in an age where most citizens look to parties with scepticism and distrust. In doing so, the book underlines in distinctive fashion why scholars and citizens should care about re-inventing and transforming political parties, resisting widespread tendencies of either declaring parties unreformable or theorising them out of the picture"--
650		0	_aPolitical parties.
650		0	_aPolitical participation.
650		0	_aPolitical party organization.
910			_aدينا
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