WHY POLITICS MATTERS: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK
Book ID/图书代码： 08296012B59547
English Summary/英文概要： Achieving mass democracy was the great triumph of the twentieth century. Learning to live with it will be the greatest achievement of the twenty-first century.
A rising tide of discontent is posing a major crisis for systems of mass democracy: the evidence is clear to see in reduced turnout and party membership and in opinion surveys. The failures of politicians have played their part but, Gerry Stoker argues, equally important are the dysfunctional political stances and styles adopted by many citizens. Democratic politics, he argues, is doomed to disappoint because it involves collective decision-making, demands complicated communication and generally produces a messy compromise--one size fits no one.
So what is the solution? Stoker suggests that democracy--and the political class--must create a new politics, making it as easy as possible for as many people as possible to express and debate their political preferences.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 实现大众民主是二十世纪的伟大胜利。学习民主生活将是二十一世纪最伟大的成就。
日益高涨的不满造成了大众民主制度的一个重大危机：从证据上可以清楚地看到，党员的投票率和民意调查的满意度都在下降。政治家的失败起到了作用，但是，Gerry Stoker认为，同样重要的是为许多市民接受的不正常的政治立场和风格。他认为，民主政治是注定要失望，因为它涉及到集体决策，需要复杂的人际交往，一般会产生混乱的妥协 - 一个尺寸不一定适合任何人。
那么，什么是解决方案呢？Stoke表明，民主 - 政治阶层 - 必须创建一个新的政权，为尽可能多的人能够尽可能轻松的表达和讨论政治倾向。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“一个令人印象深刻的关于日益流行的民主政治觉醒的概述横跨这个先进的世界，提供了许多关于根源问题的深刻沉思Gerry Stoker挑衅的中心论点 - 即民主的根本问题不是异化民主，而是政治本身的幼稚。——吸引了所有关注未来政治生活的人的注意力。他的结论是，我们需要创建一个新的“非执政党“对我们所有人来说都是合理的要求。 ” - 罗伯特•普特南，哈佛大学"An impressive overview of the growing popular disenchantment with democratic politics across the advanced world which offers much thoughtful reflection about its deeper roots. Gerry Stoker’s provocative central argument--that the underlying problem is not alienation from democracy, but naïveté about politics itself--warrants the attention of anyone concerned about the future of political life. His conclusion that we need to create a new ’politics for amateurs’ is the right challenge for us all."--Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University
"Readable, informative and insightful...dispels many misconceptions about what politics is and should be. His sober optimism, backed up by careful consideration of a wide range of evidence, provides a valuable corrective to the relentless negativity and cynicism towards politics peddled in so much of the media."--Andrew Gamble, University of Sheffield
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