Diploma Democracy: The Rise of Political Meritocracy

by Anchrit Wille and Mark Bovens

Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western Europe are diploma democracies - ruled by those with the highest formal qualifications. Citizens with low or medium educational qualifications currently make up about 70 percent of the electorates, yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198790635
• ISBN13: 9780198790631
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"