Deliberative democracy, elite politics and electoral reform

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-392

  Flinders, Matthew ^a   Curry, Dion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Citizen's assemblies; Comparative research; Deliberative democracy; Electoral reform; Elite politics; Political participation; Social exclusion; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849122142     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802482075     Document Type: Article

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