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Introduction - The New Challenges To Democracy-- H.Kriesi Globalization Mediatization Content Of The Volume PART I: DEMOCRACY - A MOVING TARGET OF GREAT COMPLEXITY AND VARIABILITY Democracy As A Moving Target-- H.Kriesi The Existence Of A Demos The Existence Of A State The Cultural Preconditions The Economic Preconditions The International Context And Diffusion The Preconditions For Political Communication Conclusion Models For Democracy-- M.Buhlmann & H.Kriesi Responsiveness Accountability Extensions Of The Model For Representative Democracy Conclusion Varieties Of Democracy-- H.Kriesi & D.Bochsler Five Dimensions Of Democracy Measurement The Overall Configuration The Positioning Of The Democracies In The Five-Dimensional Space Trade Offs Conclusion PART II: THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION AND MEDIATIZATION Globalization And The Vertical Challenge To Democracy-- S.Lavenex The Vertical Transformation Of Democracy Models Of International Polity Formation Challenges To Democracy Conclusion Globalization And The Horizontal Promotion Of Democracy-- S.Lavenex Models Of External Democracy Promotion Effectiveness Of EU Democracy Promotion Conclusion Mediatization As A Challenge: Media Logic Versus Political Logic-- F.Esser Mediation And Mediatization Mediatization Of Politics: An Institutionalist Perspective Self-Mediatization Of Politics The Political Logic The Media Logic Conclusion Mediatization Effects On Political News, Political Actors, Political Decisions And Political Audiences-- F. Esser & J.Matthes Mediatization Of Politics As A Multi-Dimensional Concept Precondition: Independence Of The News Media From Political Institutions Challenge 1: Mediatization Of Political Reality In 'News' Challenge 2: Consequences Of Mediatization On Political Actors And Organizations Challenge 3: Consequences Of Mediatization On Political Organizations And Decisions Making Institutions Challenge 4: Consequences Of Mediatized Information For Citizens 236 Conclusion Conclusion: An Assessment Of The State Of Democracy Given The Challenges Of Globalization And Mediatization-- H.Kriesi The Global Spread Of Democracy The Vertical Spread Of Democracy The Democratization Of Established Democracies Conclusion References.

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This book provides comprehensive coverage of the models of contemporary democracy; its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites; its empirically existing varieties and its two major challenges - globalization and mediatization. The book also covers the global spread of democracy and its spread into supranational democracies. This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, empirically existing varieties, and the two major challenges - globalization and mediatization - confronting established democracies today. As the boundaries of the national political communities increasingly dissolve, democracy as we know it is put into question. Similarly, as the role of the media in politics increases, the way established democracies function is being transformed. The book covers the transformation of established democracies, democracy's global expansion into new countries, as well as its spread into supranational polities such as the European Union. It confronts head on democracy's constantly changing nature; its diversity of institutions and practices; its repeated need to respond to exogenous challenges and, most importantly, its perpetually unsatisfactory quest to make 'real-existing democracy' conform better to 'potentially ideal democracy.'.

Rethinking democracy is imperative in the new framework of loosely bounded and competing territories, growingly culturally heterogeneous populations, mediatised and privatised context of political persuasion, and multiple and nationally-displaced decision-making processes. This book does so with great insight and comprehensiveness. -Professor Stefano Bartolini, Director of the Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence Italy. "Democracy in the Age of Globalization and Meditization" takes a fresh look on democracy. Combining insights from Comparative Politics, International Relations and Political Theory, this book convincingly identifies the major challenges and offers important insights for responding to them. It is a must for those interested in the future of democracy. - Michael Zurn, Director at WZB (Social Science Research Center Berlin) and Professor of International Relations, Free University Berlin, Germany.

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HANSPETER KRIESI holds the Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Previously, he has been teaching at the universities of Amsterdam, Geneva and Zurich. His wide ranging research interests include the study of direct democracy, social movements, political parties and interest groups, public opinion, the public sphere and the media. He is the director of a Swiss national research programme on the 'Challenges to democracy in the 21st century'. DANIEL BOCHSLER is Assistant Professor in Democratisation at NCCR Democracy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research deals with elections and representation in ethnically divided countries, democratisation, and the quality of democracy, and he is particularly interested in Central and Eastern European politics. JORG MATTHES is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna, Austria. His reseacrh interests include political communication, political behaviour and advertising research. SANDRA LAVENEX is Professor of International Politics at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Natolin (Warsaw). She holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence and works on democratization in the international realm, EU external relations, and international migration policy. MARC BUHLMANN has published in the fields of participation behaviour, methods, social capital, democratic theory, and comparative politics. At the National Centre of Competence in Research's 'Challenges to Democracy,' he has led a project that aims to measure the quality of democracy. He currently works at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Bern where he is executive director of the Swiss Political Yearbook. FRANK ESSER is Professor of International and Comparative Media Research at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and co-director of the NCCR Democracy. He publishes cross-national research on news, journalism, political communication and media systems and co-edited the books Comparing Political Communication and Handbook of Comparative Communication Research.