Strong Democracy in Crisis

Promise or Peril?
Herausgeber: Norris, Trevor

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of original essays by prominent authors contributes to current debates about democracy in powerful and provocative ways. The occasion for bringing together this notable collection of essays is the opportunity to examine the crisis in democracy and the promise of new alternative models.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781498533614
• ISBN-10: 1498533612
• Artikelnr.: 44679379

Autorenporträt

Edited by Trevor Norris - Contributions by Benjamin R. Barber; Seyla Benhabib; Charles E. Butterworth; Patrick J. Deneen; Carol Gilligan; Sungmoon Kim; Audrey Latura; Jane Mansbridge; Robbie McClintock; Bhikhu Parekh; Claire Snyder-Hall; Manfred B. Steger

Inhaltsangabe

1.Strong Democracy as Cosmopolis in the Age of Global Interdependence.
2.The Polarization Crisis in the U.S. and the Future of Listening. 3.Strong
Democracy and a Different Voice: What Stands in the Way? 4.Strong Democracy
and Transnational Legal Spheres: Are They Compatible? 5.How Swiss is Strong
Democracy?: Participatory Democracy and the Problem of Scale.
6.Reconstituting Liberal Democracy. 7.Reading Ben Barber, or Rousseau as
Educator. 8.The Language and Politics of Representation in Rousseau.
9.Civil Society and Democratic Pluralism: Benjamin Barber's Strong
Democracy Revisited. 10.Constitutionalism and Medieval Arabic/Islamic
Political Philosophy. 11.The Mean Girls of McWorld: Reality Television and
the Attack on Strong Democracy. 12.Globalizing Political Theory: Benjamin
Barber's Contribution to Global Studies.