The democratic horizon :: hyperpluralism and the renewal of political liberalism /

"Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms "the democratic horizon"--The idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but is instead almost universally regarded as the only legitimate form of government, the horizon to which most of us look. Professor F...

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1. Verfasser: Ferrara, Alessandro, 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:"Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms "the democratic horizon"--The idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but is instead almost universally regarded as the only legitimate form of government, the horizon to which most of us look. Professor Ferrara reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate, focusing on hyperpluralism, and impresses a new twist onto the framework of political liberalism. He shows that distinguishing real democracies from imitations can be difficult, responding to this predicament by enriching readers' understanding of the spirit of democracy; clearing readers' views of pluralism from residues of ethnocentrism; and conceiving multiple versions of democratic culture, rooted in the diversity of civilizational contexts"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107732018
1107732018
9781139565004
1139565001
9781107723894
1107723892
9781107728509
1107728509

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