The decline and renewal of democratic governance: a theoretical framework. -- The mass party system and state strategic capacity in Britain. -- Neo-liberalism and the decline of state strategic capacity. -- Why the gap in strategic capacity poses a systemic challenge. -- Everyman is king: representation and strategic capacity in Australia's mass party period. -- Pluralised society, individualised politics: the gap between citizen and the formal political system. -- Why a representation gap poses a systemic challenge (and the populist alternative). -- Identities and capabilities in the mass party era in New Zealand. -- Neo-liberalism, social change and democracy. -- Is electoral reform sufficient? -- Reconnecting citizens to the political system. -- The prospect for democratic renewal.

1. Democracy -- History -- 20th century
2. Democracy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20st century
3. Democracy -- New Zealand -- History -- 21st century
4. Democracy -- New Zealand -- History -- 20st century
5. Democracy -- australia -- History -- 21st century
6. Democracy -- Australia -- History -- 20st century
7. Democracy -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century
8. Democracy -- Case studies
9. Democracy -- History -- 21th century