State of Access

Success and Failure of Democracies to Create Equal Opportunities

312 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publicationThis book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve.In theory, rules and regulations may formally guarantee access to democratic processes, public services, and justice. But reality routinely disappoints, for a number of reasons—exclusionary policymaking, insufficient attention to minorities, underfunded institutions, inflexible bureaucracies. The State of Access helps close the gap between the potential and performance in democratic governance."

• Reihe: Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politische Strukturen und Prozesse Demokratie
• ISBN: 9780815775010
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2008
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Brookings Institution Press
• Herausgegeben von: Jorrit de Jong, Gowher Rizvi