The Democratic Challenge
eBook - PDF

The Democratic Challenge

Rethinking Democracy and Democratization

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Democratic Challenge

Rethinking Democracy and Democratization

About this book

This text provides a critical but systematic overview of democratic theory and practice in the contemporary world. The authors show that recent developments are more complex than admitted by proponents of the idea of a democratic world with, what they call, de-democratization of various forms running in parallel with democratization.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 Democracy as an Idea and as a Process
  6. Chapter 2 Formal and Substantive Democracy
  7. Chapter 3 Myths and Misconceptions about Democracy
  8. Chapter 4 Popular Sovereignty,Citizenship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy
  9. Chapter 5 Democracy and Insecurity1
  10. Chapter 6 Poverty, Inequity and Democracy2
  11. Chapter 7 Global Regimes, Governability and Democratization3
  12. Chapter 8 Democracy, Authoritarianism and De-democratization
  13. Conclusion: The Crisis of Democracy Re-visited
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index