Description: This major new text provides an original and comprehensive assessment of key contemporary trends in democratic politics and governance across major established democracies of the world.
Review Quotes: 'Makes a strong and provocative argument that as democracy has spread to more nations internationally, it has become hollowed out as a means of popular governance. This is a significant book that asks important questions and its synthesis of diverse literatures makes a valuable contribution to the on-going debate on how democracy is changing.' - Russell Dalton, University of California, Irvine, US