Alain Touraine, David Macey

What Is Democracy?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, the author questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. He aims to aid in reconstructing the political space and to promote the rebirth of democratic convictions by combating two threats: On the one, it risks and on the other, its name.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9780813327075
• ISBN-10: 0813327075
• Artikelnr.: 21556465

Autorenporträt

Touraine, Alain Macey, David

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Three Dimensions of Democracy
A New Idea
Human Rights, Representation, and Citizenship
Limitations on Power
Representative Political Actors
Citizenship
A History of the Modern Democratic Spirit
Republicans and Liberals
Opening Up a Public Space
Democratic Culture
The Politics of the Subject
Recomposing the World
Democracy and Development
Modernization or Development?
Transforming Old into New
Democratization in the East and the South?
Conclusion