Darin David Barney
Biographic Data
| ID | 4391229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darin David Barney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darin David |
| FAMILY NAME | Barney |
| SIGNATURE | BARNEY D D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Right-Populists and Plebiscitary Politics in Canada
This paper attempts to explain the appeal direct democratic instruments hold for contemporary right-populist parties by drawing on recent experience in Canada. Our thesis is that a particular approach to direct democracy - which we label `plebiscitarianism' - complements right-populist parties' broader ideological commitment to a scaling back of the welfare state, and of public life more generally. Starting with a theoretical approximation of ple…
The Recline of Party: Armchair Democracy and the Reform Party of Canada
If one were asked to go spelunking around the dim caverns of neology to come up with a satisfactory label for the type of political energy currently driving modern liberal democracies, one could do worse than to settle for centrifugalism. Instead of imploding due to the objective contradictions of their economic systems, these states have had to contend with an explosion of subjectivity--a fecund ecology of highly politicized identity-bearers has…
Push-button Populism: The Reform Party and the Real World of Teledemocracy
The past decade in Canadian politics has been marked by a growth in citizen dissatisfaction with traditional methods of political representation and the development of sophisticated communications technologies promising increased grass-roots participation in policymaking. In a series of recent teledemocratic exercises, the Reform Party of Canada has positioned itself at the centre of these trends. This paper examines the democratic quality of Ref…
Right-Populists and Plebiscitary Politics in Canada
This paper attempts to explain the appeal direct democratic instruments hold for contemporary right-populist parties by drawing on recent experience in Canada. Our thesis is that a particular approach to direct democracy - which we label `plebiscitarianism' - complements right-populist parties' broader ideological commitment to a scaling back of the welfare state, and of public life more generally. Starting with a theoretical approximation of ple…
The Recline of Party: Armchair Democracy and the Reform Party of Canada
If one were asked to go spelunking around the dim caverns of neology to come up with a satisfactory label for the type of political energy currently driving modern liberal democracies, one could do worse than to settle for centrifugalism. Instead of imploding due to the objective contradictions of their economic systems, these states have had to contend with an explosion of subjectivity--a fecund ecology of highly politicized identity-bearers has…
Push-button Populism: The Reform Party and the Real World of Teledemocracy
The past decade in Canadian politics has been marked by a growth in citizen dissatisfaction with traditional methods of political representation and the development of sophisticated communications technologies promising increased grass-roots participation in policymaking. In a series of recent teledemocratic exercises, the Reform Party of Canada has positioned itself at the centre of these trends. This paper examines the democratic quality of Ref…
Right-Populists and Plebiscitary Politics in Canada
This paper attempts to explain the appeal direct democratic instruments hold for contemporary right-populist parties by drawing on recent experience in Canada. Our thesis is that a particular approach to direct democracy - which we label `plebiscitarianism' - complements right-populist parties' broader ideological commitment to a scaling back of the welfare state, and of public life more generally. Starting with a theoretical approximation of ple…
Democracy (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Marxism and Critical Theory (2 works) · Populism (2 works)