Democracy, Governance, and Law
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Issues related to democratic ideals and realities are very much at the forefront of many public discussions today. These questions move societies in many contexts and with respect to multiple institutions, not least among which are law, government, and the interconnections between them.
This volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance is devoted to the theme of Democracy, Governance, and Law. It brings together scholars to debate sociological, socio-legal, and related insights from the social and behavioral sciences concerned with important contemporary questions on democracy, and its role for matters of governance and law. With each chapter focusing on a specific topic such as abortion, the rule of law, criminal legal systems, electoral politics, white terror, challenges to democracy, and more, the collection is theoretically and methodologically diverse, covering a broad range of issues to address important questions on governance and law, and in relation to the idea and reality of democracy.
Democracy, Governance, and Law makes a timely contribution, bringing together authors from various disciplines and specializations.
Introduction: The Spirit of Democracies; Mathieu Deflem
- Part I. LAW AND POLITICS
- Chapter 1. Mobilizing Law Against Democracy; Scott L. Cummings
- Chapter 2. National Parliament as a Global Institution; Pertti Alasuutari
- Chapter 3. Digital Democracy in a ‘Black-Box’ Regime: The Conservative Origins of Taiwan’s Open Government Policy, 2011-2016; Terrence Ting-Yen Chen
- Chapter 4. Bureaucratic Clientelism as Mechanism of Corruption in a Decentralized Democracy: The Case of Indonesia; Rahardhika Utama
- Chapter 5. Democracy and Changing Security Landscapes: In Search of Constitutional Conjunctures; Chris Thornhill
- Part II. DEBATE AND PARTICIPATION
- Chapter 6. The Public Sphere: Democracy and the Right Peaceably to Assemble; Cary Federman
- Chapter 7. How the State Shapes Municipal Debates; Meaghan Stiman
- Chapter 8. In the Shadow of Sunshine Laws: Open Meeting Laws and Administrative Burdens; Sadie Dempsey
- Chapter 9. Racial Justice Activism and Democracy: The Deliberative Role of Black Women Athletes; Brandii Brunson and Mathieu Deflem
- Chapter 10. Who Is Allowed to Cooperate? Assessing the Concept of Membership of Interpol in Light of the Denial of Participation of Taiwan; Giulio Calcara and Luke Fisher
- Part III. CRIME AND JUSTICE
- Chapter 11. Disenfranchisement, Reenfranchisement, and Crime; Christopher Uggen and Emma Lookner
- Chapter 12. Democracy Under Assault: Coordinated Destruction and Voter Suppression in Mississippi; Jordan Burke
- Chapter 13. Sociological Dimensions of Justice: Analyzing Demographic Disparities in the Aftermath of the Capitol Insurrection; Karmvir Kaur Padda
- Chapter 14. Punitive Publics: Direct Democracy and the Criminal Legal System in the United States; Andrew P. Davis and Teron J. Nunley
- Chapter 15. Social Problems and Social Control: The Case of Abortion; Stacy Lee Burns and Mark Peyrot
Mathieu Deflem is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, USA. His research and teaching interests include law, social control, popular culture, and sociological theory, areas in which he has published widely.