| Description |
1 online resource (145 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Ser |
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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Democratic recession in the twenty-first century -- Is the Czech Republic an outlier? -- Critics of Czech democracy -- Standards for assessing democracy quality -- Citizen rule -- Political equality -- Good citizenship -- Plan of the volume -- Chapter 2: A theory of democratic quality -- Existing conceptions of democratic quality -- Citizen rule -- Political equality -- Good citizenship -- Participation -- Rationality |
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Tolerance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Citizen rule -- Choices -- Fragmentation -- Electoral volatility -- Informativeness of manifestoes -- Clarity of party programs -- Representation -- Party switching -- Dual mandates -- Promise fulfillment -- Legislative productivity -- Ideology and outcomes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Political inequality -- Descriptive representation -- Gender -- Social class -- The very rich in office -- The views and influence of the rich -- The opinions and influence of millionaires -- Political donations -- Donations of the very rich |
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Other means of influence -- Economic inequality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Citizenship -- Participation -- Election turnout -- Referendums -- Contentious political action -- Civil society -- Stability of preferences -- Tolerance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Conceptual contributions -- Democratic quality in the Czech Republic -- The roots of problems and successes -- Research frontiers -- Potential solutions -- Citizen rule -- Political inequality -- Good citizenship -- The future -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000051940 |
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1000051943 |
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