Democracy against itself :: sustaining an unsustainable idea /
By their very nature, all democracies have the potential to destroy themselves. But this fact is too rarely documented by acolytles of the system. In the decades since Joseph Goebbels, then Reich Minister of Propaganda, reminded the world that it 'will always remain one of the best jokes of dem...
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| Zusammenfassung: | By their very nature, all democracies have the potential to destroy themselves. But this fact is too rarely documented by acolytles of the system. In the decades since Joseph Goebbels, then Reich Minister of Propaganda, reminded the world that it 'will always remain one of the best jokes of democracy, that it gave its deadly enemies the means by which it was destroyed', democrats have quickly forgotten just how precarious a political framework it can be. Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as well as the uncertain fate of democratic rule in the United States and China today as illustrative examples, Mark Chou examines the conditions and characteristics of democracy that make it prone to self-destruct. In drawing out the political lessons from these past collapses, he explains how a democracy can, simply by being democratic, sow the seeds of its own destruction. Explores why democracies fail, both theoretically and empirically 4 case studies: democratic Athens, the Weimar Republic, contemporary American democracy and China's fledging efforts to democratise Takes political lessons from the case studies to highlight the predicaments faced by weak and failing democracies today |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages164-177) and index. |
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| spelling | Chou, Mark (Political scientist) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJqQrPdGrMRKtpmCKmY4C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013028097 Democracy against itself : sustaining an unsustainable idea / Mark Chou. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages164-177) and index. Print version record. Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Introduction; 1 Democracy Against Itself; 2 Democracy in Athens: Autonomy, Tragedy and Decline; 3 Democide in Weimar: Militant Democracy and the Paradox of Self-Defence; 4 The Coming Authoritarianism: The State of America's Democracy; 5 China's New Authoritarianism: A Glimpse at Our Post-Democratic Future?; 6 Occupy Democracy: Democracy Against Itself and the Global Occupy Movement; Bibliography; Index. By their very nature, all democracies have the potential to destroy themselves. But this fact is too rarely documented by acolytles of the system. In the decades since Joseph Goebbels, then Reich Minister of Propaganda, reminded the world that it 'will always remain one of the best jokes of democracy, that it gave its deadly enemies the means by which it was destroyed', democrats have quickly forgotten just how precarious a political framework it can be. Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as well as the uncertain fate of democratic rule in the United States and China today as illustrative examples, Mark Chou examines the conditions and characteristics of democracy that make it prone to self-destruct. In drawing out the political lessons from these past collapses, he explains how a democracy can, simply by being democratic, sow the seeds of its own destruction. Explores why democracies fail, both theoretically and empirically 4 case studies: democratic Athens, the Weimar Republic, contemporary American democracy and China's fledging efforts to democratise Takes political lessons from the case studies to highlight the predicaments faced by weak and failing democracies today English. Democracy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036647 Authoritarianism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009788 Autoritarisme. POLITICAL SCIENCE General. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Authoritarianism fast Democracy fast Demokratie gnd Autoritärer Staat gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4256521-2 has work: Democracy against itself (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGKKmVQJWJW9kcp4d6tbtX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Chou, Mark (Political scientist). Democracy against itself 9780748681884 (OCoLC)870290904 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=830664 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Chou, Mark (Political scientist) Democracy against itself : sustaining an unsustainable idea / Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Introduction; 1 Democracy Against Itself; 2 Democracy in Athens: Autonomy, Tragedy and Decline; 3 Democide in Weimar: Militant Democracy and the Paradox of Self-Defence; 4 The Coming Authoritarianism: The State of America's Democracy; 5 China's New Authoritarianism: A Glimpse at Our Post-Democratic Future?; 6 Occupy Democracy: Democracy Against Itself and the Global Occupy Movement; Bibliography; Index. Democracy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036647 Authoritarianism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009788 Autoritarisme. POLITICAL SCIENCE General. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Authoritarianism fast Democracy fast Demokratie gnd Autoritärer Staat gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4256521-2 |
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| topic | Democracy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036647 Authoritarianism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009788 Autoritarisme. POLITICAL SCIENCE General. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Authoritarianism fast Democracy fast Demokratie gnd Autoritärer Staat gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4256521-2 |
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