{"product_id":"democratic-decline-and-democratic-renewal-political-change-in-britain-australia-and-new-zealand-hardback-9781107025684","title":"Democratic Decline and Democratic Renewal; Political Change in Britain, Australia and New Zealand (Hardback) 9781107025684","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocratic Decline and Democratic Renewal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitical Change in Britain, Australia and New Zealand\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines why people feel disconnected from contemporary politics and suggests what might be done to address current political discontent.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Marsh (Author), Raymond Miller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107025684, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 July 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e394 pages, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Marsh and Miller make a significant contribution to this topic with this rich study of political change in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.' Russell J. Dalton, Japanese Journal of Political Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe story of liberal democracy over the last half century has been a triumphant one in many ways, with the number of democracies increasing from a minority of states to a significant majority. Yet substantial problems afflict democratic states, and while the number of democratic countries has expanded, democratic practice has contracted. This book introduces a novel framework for evaluating the rise and decline of democratic governance. Examining three mature democratic countries – Britain, Australia and New Zealand – the authors discuss patterns of governance from the emergence of mass democracy at the outset of the twentieth century through to its present condition. The shared political cultures and institutional arrangements of the three countries allow the authors to investigate comparatively the dynamics of political evolution and the possibilities for systemic developments and institutional change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. The decline and renewal of democratic governance: a theoretical framework\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Political Change in Britain: The Development of a Strategy Gap: 2. The mass party system and state strategic capacity in Britain\u003cbr\u003e 3. Neo-liberalism and the decline of state strategic capacity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Why the gap in strategic capacity poses a systemic challenge\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Political Change in Australia: The Development of a Representation Gap: 5. Everyman is king: representation and strategic capacity in Australia's mass party period\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pluralised society, individualised politics: the gap between citizens and the formal political system\u003cbr\u003e 7. Why a representation gap poses a systemic challenge (and the populist alternative)\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Political Change in New Zealand: Voting Reform, Multi-Party Politics and Minority Government: 8. Identities and capabilities in the mass party era in New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e 9. Neo-liberalism, social change and democracy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Is electoral reform sufficient?\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Democratic Renewal: 11. Reconnecting citizens to the political system\u003cbr\u003e 12. The prospect for democratic renewal.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265506595096,"sku":"9781107025684","price":102.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107025684i.jpg?v=1692023589","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democratic-decline-and-democratic-renewal-political-change-in-britain-australia-and-new-zealand-hardback-9781107025684","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}