Democracy unmoored: populism and the corruption of popular sovereignty

Democracy Unmoored focuses on populism's negative impact on democracies across the globe, covering not just wealthy democracies like the US and UK but countries like India, Argentina, Poland, and Brazil as well. In virtually every country experiencing a surge in populism, the populists' di...

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Main Author: Issacharoff, Samuel 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2023]
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Summary:Democracy Unmoored focuses on populism's negative impact on democracies across the globe, covering not just wealthy democracies like the US and UK but countries like India, Argentina, Poland, and Brazil as well. In virtually every country experiencing a surge in populism, the populists' disregard for procedural norms is eroding the core institutions that uphold democracy. Sweeping in scope, this book provides a novel analysis of one of the defining trends in contemporary world politics.
Cover Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Populist Challenge -- Part 1 The World The Populists Found -- 1. The Frayed Social Fabric of Democracy -- 2. The Capacity to Govern -- 3. The Political Institutions of Democracy -- Part II Politics Under Populism -- 4. Populism and the Here and Now -- 5. Caudillos in Command -- 6. Judicial Intercession -- 7. Corruption Simpliciter -- 8. Institutional Wreckage -- Part III A Democratic Restoration? -- 9. The Exposed Underpinnings of American Democracy -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 286 Seiten)
ISBN:9780197674772

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