{"product_id":"the-politics-of-participation-9780719076589","title":"The Politics of Participation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs democracy in crisis? Not according to this book! In this fascinating study, Professor Qvortrup shows that citizens are engaged in politics like never before by voting in referendums and participating in demonstrations and other forms of 'low politics'. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eA note on the data\u003cbr\u003ePART I: THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF CITIZEN POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e1. Understanding citizen politics: a methodological overview \u003cbr\u003e2. Participation and democracy from the Greeks to our times\u003cbr\u003ePART II:  EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CITIZEN POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e3. An empirical approach to citizen politics\u003cbr\u003e4. Bottom-up politics: riots and extra-parliamentary politics\u003cbr\u003e5. Top-down initiated citizen politics: E-democracy, citizen juries and designer politics\u003cbr\u003e6. Citizens as voters\u003cbr\u003e7. Excursus: The power of the representatives\u003cbr\u003ePART III: CASE STUDIES IN CITIZEN DEMOCRACY\u003cbr\u003e8. Decisions to hold referendums in the UK\u003cbr\u003e9. Voting by the people: the referendums on the European constitution\u003cbr\u003e10. Absentee voting in a comparative perspective\u003cbr\u003e11. Quo vadis democracy?\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884273742167,"sku":"9780719076589","price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-participation-9780719076589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}