Janet Mather
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Mather |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Mather |
| SIGNATURE | MATHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Securing the European Superstate
The European parliament – a model of representative democracy
This article argues that the European Parliament (EP) provides a poor model of representative democracy, as the nature of its representativeness is rooted in a pre‐democratic form. If this is correct, the EP's experience might indicate that liberal representative democracy in western political systems has become an inadequate vehicle for governmental legitimacy. However, the EP could promote devolution of power, which is a prerequisite for a more…
Labour and the English regions
The Labour party has expressed an ambivalent attitude towards regionalism. On the one hand, it has shown an interest in devolving powers. On the other hand, Labour's terms of office have usually been either tenuous or temporary or both, often in an inclement economic climate, and this has mostly discouraged the party in government from trying too hard to devolve powers only recently obtained and uncertainly held. While Labour party thought has al…
A Guide to the Documentation of the European Union
The sources of European Union legitimacy
David Beetham and Christopher Lord, Legitimacy and the European Union (Longman, Harlow, 1998), 144 pp., ISBN 0–582–30489‐X (pb) Thomas Banchoff and Mitchell P. Smith (eds), Legitimacy and the European Union: the Contested Polity (Routledge, London, 1999), 225 pp., ISBN 0–415–18189–5 (pb) Albert Weale and Michael Nentwich (eds), Political Theory and the European Union: Legitimacy, Constitutional Choice and Citizenship (Routledge/ECPR Studies in Eu…
What are the Democratic Impediments to Participatory Democracy
This paper, whilst noting that there is a democratic deficit contained within liberal democratic poltical systems, argues that all known alternatives to present practices create their own problems for democracy. To demonstrate this, a variety of desirable democratic outcomes are examined alongside six main forms of exercising democratic input. The best form of input according to the criteria is identified. This form, ‘demarchy’, which is found fi…
The European parliament – a model of representative democracy
This article argues that the European Parliament (EP) provides a poor model of representative democracy, as the nature of its representativeness is rooted in a pre‐democratic form. If this is correct, the EP's experience might indicate that liberal representative democracy in western political systems has become an inadequate vehicle for governmental legitimacy. However, the EP could promote devolution of power, which is a prerequisite for a more…
Labour and the English regions
The Labour party has expressed an ambivalent attitude towards regionalism. On the one hand, it has shown an interest in devolving powers. On the other hand, Labour's terms of office have usually been either tenuous or temporary or both, often in an inclement economic climate, and this has mostly discouraged the party in government from trying too hard to devolve powers only recently obtained and uncertainly held. While Labour party thought has al…
What are the Democratic Impediments to Participatory Democracy
This paper, whilst noting that there is a democratic deficit contained within liberal democratic poltical systems, argues that all known alternatives to present practices create their own problems for democracy. To demonstrate this, a variety of desirable democratic outcomes are examined alongside six main forms of exercising democratic input. The best form of input according to the criteria is identified. This form, ‘demarchy’, which is found fi…
What are the Democratic Impediments to Participatory Democracy
This paper, whilst noting that there is a democratic deficit contained within liberal democratic poltical systems, argues that all known alternatives to present practices create their own problems for democracy. To demonstrate this, a variety of desirable democratic outcomes are examined alongside six main forms of exercising democratic input. The best form of input according to the criteria is identified. This form, ‘demarchy’, which is found fi…
A Guide to the Documentation of the European Union
The sources of European Union legitimacy
David Beetham and Christopher Lord, Legitimacy and the European Union (Longman, Harlow, 1998), 144 pp., ISBN 0–582–30489‐X (pb) Thomas Banchoff and Mitchell P. Smith (eds), Legitimacy and the European Union: the Contested Polity (Routledge, London, 1999), 225 pp., ISBN 0–415–18189–5 (pb) Albert Weale and Michael Nentwich (eds), Political Theory and the European Union: Legitimacy, Constitutional Choice and Citizenship (Routledge/ECPR Studies in Eu…
Labour and the English regions
The Labour party has expressed an ambivalent attitude towards regionalism. On the one hand, it has shown an interest in devolving powers. On the other hand, Labour's terms of office have usually been either tenuous or temporary or both, often in an inclement economic climate, and this has mostly discouraged the party in government from trying too hard to devolve powers only recently obtained and uncertainly held. While Labour party thought has al…
The European parliament – a model of representative democracy
This article argues that the European Parliament (EP) provides a poor model of representative democracy, as the nature of its representativeness is rooted in a pre‐democratic form. If this is correct, the EP's experience might indicate that liberal representative democracy in western political systems has become an inadequate vehicle for governmental legitimacy. However, the EP could promote devolution of power, which is a prerequisite for a more…
Securing the European Superstate
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · European union (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works)