Polity :: Demystifying Democracy in Latin America and Beyond.

Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible with stark social inequalities? Why are so many democratic governments deemed unaccountable and beset by populist pressures? Perhaps most fundamentally, wh...

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1. Verfasser: Foweraker, Joe
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2017.
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Zusammenfassung:Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible with stark social inequalities? Why are so many democratic governments deemed unaccountable and beset by populist pressures? Perhaps most fundamentally, why does democratic theory have no answers to these questions? Foweraker argues that finding answers requires a root-and-branch revision of our thinking about democracy-a revision that asks us to stop talking about ""democracy"" and start talking about ""polity."" Drawing on the political realities of.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9781626377271
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