Democratic crisis and global constitutional law:

This book explains the current weakness of democratic polities by examining antinomies in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations. It claims that democracy is usually analysed in a theoretical lens that is not adequately sensitive to its historical origins. The author proposes a new...

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1. Verfasser: Thornhill, Christopher J. 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Global law series
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Zusammenfassung:This book explains the current weakness of democratic polities by examining antinomies in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations. It claims that democracy is usually analysed in a theoretical lens that is not adequately sensitive to its historical origins. The author proposes a new sociological framework for understanding democracy and its constitutional preconditions, stressing the linkage between classical patterns of democratic citizenship and military processes and arguing that democratic stability at the national level relies on the formation of robust normative systems at the international level. On this basis, he argues that democracy is frequently exposed to crisis because the normative terms in which it is promoted and justified tend to simplify its nature. These terms create a legitimising space in which anti-democratic movements, typically with populist emphasis, can take shape and flourish
Beschreibung:ix, 269 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781108496087
1108496083
9781108791120
1108791123