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Democracy and the Challenge of Gender: New Visions, New Processes

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Democracy has always been a contested concept, among theorists as well as practitioners. From being considered a dangerous means of introducing ‘mob rule’ it has become the political system which most states claim to have adopted (Arblaster 1994). Nevertheless, debates about the fundamental values of democratic politics and the best ways of expressing them in institutions continue to absorb the attention of politicians, activists and writers. Political theory, from its very beginnings, has been fascinated by democracy, yet there continues to be confusion and disagreement about how it can be achieved and by what criteria a state or other institution can be judged to be democratic.

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  1. University of Ulster, UK

    Carmel Roulston (Senior Lecturer in Politics) (Senior Lecturer in Politics)

  2. School of Health and Social Welfare, The Open University, UK

    Celia Davies (Professor of Health Care) (Professor of Health Care)

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Roulston, C. (2000). Democracy and the Challenge of Gender: New Visions, New Processes. In: Roulston, C., Davies, C. (eds) Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland. Women’s Studies at York Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333985397_2

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