Compares and explores how social democratic governments have had to adapt to globalisation, European integration and social change; and whether they have successfully managed to uphold old social democratic goals and values in light of the devaluation of traditional policy instruments.[...]

The Future of Representative Democracy poses important questions about representation, representative democracy and their future. Inspired by the last major investigation of the subject by Hanna Pitkin over four decades ago, this ambitious volume fills a major gap in the literature by examining the [...]