Multilevel Democracy - How Local Institutions and Civil Society Shape the Modern State (Hardcover)

This volume presents the first systematic comparative analysis of national traditions of local democracy across the developed world, as well as their origins and evolution. It reveals how inclusive local institutions that integrate national and local governance make democracy work better. Across most of the developed world, early forms of the national state entrenched the local power of elites. In Anglo-American and Swiss democracies, state formation imposed enduring tensions with local civic governance. In contrast, inclusive, integrative local institutions in Northern Europe enabled close links with central government around common local and national agendas, producing better governance and fuller democracy to the present day. Through comparative analysis, the authors demonstrate how institutions for local governance and the participation of civil society differ widely among developed democracies, and how local democracy relates to national democracy. The resulting insights fundamentally recast our understanding of how to build and maintain more effective democracies.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Jefferey M. Sellers • Anders Lidstroem • Yooil Bae
Dimensions:	234 x 157 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	407
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-42778-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	1-108-42778-2
Barcode:	9781108427784

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