MACMILLAN Challenges to Democracy: Ideas, Involvement and Institutions: 2000 (PSA Yearbooks S.)

This collection brings together leading political scientists in order to address the challenges faced by democracy in the twenty-first century. The contributors tackle the changing nature of democratic ideas, in particular equality in society and the satisfaction of citizens. They examine changing patterns of political involvement, from voting to new forms of participation and protest using the Internet and new technologies. Finally, they look at the challenge to democracy posed by the changing nature of state institutions: party systems, bureaucracy and e-government, regulation and the processes of institutional development. Synopsis This collection brings together leading political scientists in order to address the challenges faced by democracy in the 21st century. The contributors tackle the changing nature of democratic ideas, in particular equality in society and the satisfaction of citizens. They examine changing patterns of political involvement, from voting to new forms of participation and protest using the Internet and new technologies. Finally, they look at the challenge to democracy posed by the changing nature of state institutions: party systems, bureaucracy and e-government, regulation and the processes of institutional development. About the Author KEITH DOWDING is Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics. His books include Rational Choice and Political Power, The Civil Service, Power, and co-edited Preferences, Institutions and Rational Choice. He is co-editor of the Journal of Theoretical Politics. JAMES HUGHES is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics. His most recent publication is Stalinism in a Russian Province (1996). HELEN MARGETTS is Reader in Political Science at the School of Public Policy, University College London. She is author of Information Technology in Government: Britain and America.