The issue of political participation has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States.
This book considers that question from the point of view of norms of democratic communication, processes of representation and association, and how wide the scope of political jurisdictions should be.
... state provision. The 'democratic deficit' in Northern Ireland generated by decades of political exclusion, instability and communal conflict also created a social space in Northern Irish society which came to be occupied by a ...
The Politics of the American Dream analyzes the role of the 'American Dream' in contemporary American political culture.
The 'insider' accounts highlight the complex political and cultural changes required to achieve success with the inclusion project. This book is for researchers studying inclusion, teacher educators and teachers.
This book provides a general theory of democratic inclusion for the present world.
He opens this volume with a question that is crucial to our thinking on citizenship in the twenty-first century: who has a claim to be included in a democratic political community?
At a time of growing concern over the fate of contemporary democracy this book shows how vast differences between countries in forms of political conduct, and taken for granted assumptions, determine what democracies actually accomplish.
Democratic Education as Inclusion explores how recognizing diversity allows us to engage with different perspectives and acknowledge other ways of being in the world.
Assessing the limits of pluralism, this book examines different types of political inclusion and exclusion and their distinctive dimensions and dynamics.
Majority citizens who believe in tolerance are the main constituency for inclusionary proposals— they are Muslim minorities' best allies in the struggle for inclusion. One response to conflict between the values of a liberal democratic ...