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As someone who has purchased or rated books by Peter Mair, you might like to know that Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy will be released on March 2, 2009.  You can pre-order yours by following the link below.

Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy
Peter Mair

Price:

$29.95

Release Date: March 2, 2009

Product Description
A leading expert asks if democracy can survive without political parties.

The argument that Western democracy is being hollowed out, as political participation declines and party allegiance weakens, is now widely cited. Yet the indicators can be uncertain and until now there hasn't been a comprehensive comparative study. Ruling the Void analyzes democratic trends over the last few decades, in Europe and America, and argues that there are two complementary processes at work. Popular disengagement, and the withdrawal of political elites from a representative role, are both contributing to the death of the political party—and with it the characteristic form of Western democracy. This landmark study will become a reference point for anyone interested in the future of representative democracy.