Vital Democracy outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy that are thoroughly analyzed, compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Focusing on tried and tested democratic institutions, Frank Hendriks shows that the four models of democracy--with their divergent patterns of leadership, citizenship and governance, their inherent strengths and weaknesses--are never purely instantiated. He argues that wherever democracy is practiced with some level ...
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Vital Democracy outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy that are thoroughly analyzed, compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Focusing on tried and tested democratic institutions, Frank Hendriks shows that the four models of democracy--with their divergent patterns of leadership, citizenship and governance, their inherent strengths and weaknesses--are never purely instantiated. He argues that wherever democracy is practiced with some level of success, it is always as hybrid democracy, thereby challenging those democratic reformers and theorists that have inspired the quest for democratic purity.
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