{"product_id":"rethinking-party-reform-hardcover","title":"Rethinking Party Reform - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFabio Wolkenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe functioning of representative democracy crucially depends on political parties that mediate between citizens and the state. It is widely doubted, however, that contemporary parties can still perform this connective role. Taking seriously the ensuing challenges for representative democracy, \u003cem\u003eRethinking Party Reform\u003c\/em\u003e advances a normative account of party reform, drawing on both democratic theory and political science scholarship on parties. Moving beyond purely descriptive or causal-analytical perspectives on party reform, the book clarifies on theoretical grounds why party reform is centrally important for the sustainability of established democracies, and what effective party reforms could look like in an age where most citizens look to parties with scepticism and distrust. In doing so, this book underlines in distinctive fashion why scholars and citizens should care about re-inventing and transforming political parties, resisting widespread tendencies of either declaring\u003cbr\u003eparties unreformable or theorising them out of the picture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFabio Wolkenstein, \u003cem\u003eAssistant Professor in Political Science, Aarhus University and Affiliated Researcher in Political Theory, University of Amsterdam\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFabio Wolkenstein is Assistant Professor in Political Science at Aarhus University and Affiliated Researcher in Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam. His work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEuropean Journal of Political Research\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Political Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Common Market Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePolitics, Philosophy and Economics\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eEuropean Journal of Political Theory\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354755186937,"sku":"9780198849940","price":188.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QmtsTm1ib1Y0bFRhM1Z2Qm1iVDFhdz09.webp?v=1769843602","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rethinking-party-reform-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}