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Ruling the Void - by Peter Mair (Paperback)

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  • A classic account of democracy's crisis of legitimacy The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void.
  • About the Author: Peter Mair (1951-2011) was one of the leading political scientists of his generation.
  • 208 Pages
  • Political Science, Political Ideologies

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A classic account of democracy's crisis of legitimacy

The age of party democracy has passed, argues Peter Mair in Ruling the Void. The major parties have become so disconnected from society that they no longer seem capable of sustaining democracy in its present form.

First published in 2013, Ruling the Void presciently observed that the widening gap between citizens and their political leaders posed a crisis of legitimacy for the governing class, and was fuelling populist mobilizations against it. Europe's political elites had remodelled 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 proliferated - not least among them the European Union itself.

Mair weighs the impact of these changes, and offers an authoritative assessment of the prospects for popular political representation today, not only in the varied democracies of Britain and the EU but throughout the developed world.

With a new Introduction by Chris Bickerton, author of The European Union: A Citizen's Guide.



About the Author



Peter Mair (1951-2011) was one of the leading political scientists of his generation. His books include Party System Change and, with Stefano Bartolini, Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.19 Inches (H) x 5.43 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .22 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: Political Ideologies
Publisher: Verso
Theme: Democracy
Format: Paperback
Author: Peter Mair
Language: English
Street Date: January 17, 2023
TCIN: 1009790904
UPC: 9781839767890
Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-8617
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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