What Kind of Government?
103,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen
payback
52 °P sammeln
  • Gebundenes Buch

This book seeks to develop an understanding of the changes in contemporary forms of government and explores the nature and structure of the various corrupt, undemocratic, oppressive, and abusive governments that continue to emerge around the globe. While proceeding from Hannah Arendt's well-known thesis of the "break in (political) tradition" that occurred with the totalitarianisms of the 20th century, it addresses some main conceptual frameworks and a number of key trends in existing forms of government and their relations to historical forms.
The primary intended audience includes…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
This book seeks to develop an understanding of the changes in contemporary forms of government and explores the nature and structure of the various corrupt, undemocratic, oppressive, and abusive governments that continue to emerge around the globe. While proceeding from Hannah Arendt's well-known thesis of the "break in (political) tradition" that occurred with the totalitarianisms of the 20th century, it addresses some main conceptual frameworks and a number of key trends in existing forms of government and their relations to historical forms.

The primary intended audience includes educators, scholars, and researchers with an interest in contemporary democracy and anti-democratic movements, government, questions of power, political theory / philosophy, and conceptual history, as well as and students enrolled in various disciplines of the social sciences. Moreover, it will be of interest to Arendt scholars and those researching the contemporary challenges to democracy and constitutional rule worldwide.

Chapters 1, 4, 6 and 13 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Vlasta Jalui¿ is a senior researcher, one of the founders of the Peace Institute - Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, and a Full Professor at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Dr. Wolfgang Heuer is a senior researcher at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), and managing editor of "HannahArendt.net, Journal for Political Thinking".