Economic Efficiency, Democratic Empowerment: Contested Modernization in Britain and Germany

By Uwe Jun

Book Overview

Democratic procedures are often inefficient; efficient structures tend to be undemocratic. Focusing on Germany and Great Britain as case studies, this book explores the meaning and compatibility of efficiency and democracy in the project of modernizing advanced consumer democracies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739112112
• ISBN13: 9780739112113
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"