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Ruling the Void : The Hollowing of Western Democracy by Peter. Mair (2023, Trade Paperback)

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The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair inRuling the Void.

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PublisherVerso Books

ISBN-101839767898

ISBN-139781839767890

eBay Product ID (ePID)12057255510

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Book TitleRuling the Void : the Hollowing of Western Democracy

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, History & Theory, General, Political Ideologies / Democracy

Publication Year2023

GenrePolitical Science

AuthorPeter. Mair

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-302262

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal321.8091713

SynopsisA 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 ., The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void. Political parties have become so disconnected from society, and pursue a form of competition so lacking in meaning, that they no longer seem capable of sustaining democracy in its present form. A classic dissection of contemporary politics, Ruling the Void correctly anticipated that a crisis of legitimacy would fuel populist mobilizations against the ruling order. This new edition includes an introduction by Chris Bickerton, author of The European Union: A Citizen's Guide. Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberJF1051