Democracy in the Age of Globalization and Mediatization

by Frank Esser, Marc Bühlmann, Hanspeter Kriesi, et al.

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, empirically existing varieties, and the two major challenges - globalization and mediatization - confronting established democracies today. As the boundaries of the national political communities increasingly dissolve, democracy as we know it is put into question. Similarly, as the role of the media in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113729986X
• ISBN13: 9781137299864
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"