Associative Democracy: The Real Third Way

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Paul Q. Hirst, Veit-Michael Bader
Psychology Press, 2001 - Political Science - 213 pages
This book aims to unlock the current crisis in democratic accountability by supplementing representative democracy with democratic governance in civil society.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Can Associationalism Come Back?
15
Cohen and Rogers Revisited
31
AssocioDeliberative Democracy and Qualitative Participation
71
Two Faces of Ecological Democracy
85
Some Reflections on Danish Civil Society
105
Realist Criteria for Institutional Design or How Pessimistic Should One Be?
131
Lessons in Associative Democracy?
157
Critical Remarks on Paul Hirsts Associative Democracy
187
Abstracts
203
Notes on Contributors
208
Index
210
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