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Author:   José María Maravall (, former Director of the Juan March Institute, Madrid)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.382kg
ISBN:  

9780198778523

ISBN 10:   019877852
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   05 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Demands for Representation The Recurrent Crisis of Representative Democracy Does Electoral Democracy Induce the Control of Incumbents? Conclusions 2: Demands for Choice: The Competition Between Left and Right Introduction The Cause of Ideological Shifts The Political Consequences of Ideological Changes Conclusions 3: Demands for Equality Introduction The Social Democratic Conception of Equality The Evolution of Equality in Social Democratic Policies Social Democracy and Income Distribution in Hard Times The Political Consequences of Redistribution Conclusions Conclusion Summary European Integration and Democracy: Representation, Choice, and Redistribution Appendix: Political Parties

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Demands on Democracy is stimulating, and the two middle chapters on social democracy are particularly captivating. ... It deserves to be read by all students of politics who follow the European experience with interest and hope, and recently with concern. * Perspectives on Politics *

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José Maria Maravall was, until his retirement in 2008, Director of the Juan March Institute in Madrid. He has held Visiting Professorships at NYU, Harvard, Columbia, and the EUI, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and the British Academy. Between 1982 and 1988 he served as a Cabinet Minister in the Spanish government of Felipe González. His books include Regimes, Politics, and Markets (OUP, 1997) and Democracy and the Rule of Law (co-editor with A. Przeworski, CUP, 2003).

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