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Knowing you, knowing me: revitalising local representative democracy

Knowing you, knowing me: revitalising local representative democracy
Knowing you, knowing me: revitalising local representative democracy
Making democracy effective means finding new ways to involve the public in decision-making. Some instruments and mechanisms for doing this have been examined in previous work published by Demos. But most people have limited time, interest and capacity to engage in direct democracy. So we also need to reinvigorate local representative democracy. At regional, national and European levels, our representative structures are losing legitimacy and are perceived to be ineffective. This article examines the weaknesses of local democracy and suggests some remedies.
1361-1275
47-51
Stoker, Gerry
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Stoker, Gerry
209ba619-6a65-4bc1-9235-cba0d826bfd9

Stoker, Gerry (1996) Knowing you, knowing me: revitalising local representative democracy. DEMOS Quarterly, 9, 47-51.

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Abstract

Making democracy effective means finding new ways to involve the public in decision-making. Some instruments and mechanisms for doing this have been examined in previous work published by Demos. But most people have limited time, interest and capacity to engage in direct democracy. So we also need to reinvigorate local representative democracy. At regional, national and European levels, our representative structures are losing legitimacy and are perceived to be ineffective. This article examines the weaknesses of local democracy and suggests some remedies.

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Published date: 1996

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Local EPrints ID: 47345
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47345
ISSN: 1361-1275
PURE UUID: dec52565-305a-4a8b-98e4-4c2dfc35ac96
ORCID for Gerry Stoker: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-3395

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Date deposited: 30 Jul 2007
Last modified: 05 Jul 2022 01:42

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