Ruling the void : the hollowing of Western democracy

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Ruling the void : the hollowing of Western democracy

Peter Mair

Verso, 2013

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-167) and index

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Throughout the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, party membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are being sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair's new book weighs the impact of these changes, which together show that, after a century of democratic aspiration, electorates are deserting the political arena. He examines the alarming parallel development that has seen Europe's political elites remodel 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 proliferate and gain credibility-not least among them the European Union itself, an organization whose notorious "democratic deficit" reflects the deliberate intentions of those who founded the EU, an association that now contributes to the depoliticization in the member states. Ruling the Void offers an authoritative and chilling assessment of the prospects for popular political representation today, not only in the varied democracies of Europe but throughout the developed world.

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