Varieties of ‘Beyond Liberal Democracy’

Subjective Measures of Liberal Democracy

Using democracy in empirical work requires accurate measurement. Yet, most policy and academic research presupposes the accuracy of available measures. This article explores judgespecific measurement errors in cross-national indicators of liberal democracy. The authors evaluate the magnitude of these errors in widely used measures of democracy and determine whether their results replicate durin...

Public Service and Liberal Democracy

The debate on television’s "public service"obligations can only make full sense if integrated in the broader context of the debate on the best political model for society. In fact, the classic "public service"rationale is based in a normative conception of good and in a suspicious view of the average citizen that is largely tributary of a Platonic or Elitist approach to the political organizati...

Beyond Capitalism and Liberal Democracy: on the Relevance of G.d.h. Cole's Sociological Critique and Alternative beyond Capitalism and Liberal Democracy: on the Relevance of G.d.h. Cole's Sociological Critique and Alternative Introduction

This paper argues for a return to the social thought of the often ignored early 20 Century English thinker G.D.H. Cole. Cole combined a sociological critique of capitalism and liberal democracy with a well developed alternative in his work on Guild Socialism bearing particular relevance to advanced capitalist societies. Both of these, with their focus on the limitations on ‘free and unfettered ...

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Is an Internet e-lection beyond democracy?

True elector representation in democratic processes can be achieved in a safe and secure environment using the Internet as the electoral vehicle. Clift (2000) maintains that democracy is run by the people who show up, and states that the Internet will bring people closer to the democratic processes of government. This paper describes a qualitative research study in which both the barriers and o...