Vital democracy [electronic resource] : a theory of democracy in action / Frank Hendriks. Hendriks, Frank, 1966- Democracy. Representative government and representation. JC423 321.8 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This text outlines a theory of democracy in action, based on four elementary forms of democracy - pendulum, consensus, voter and participatory democracy - that are thoroughly analysed compared and related to both the literature and the real world of democracy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xvi, 239 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199572786.001.0001 eng