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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Main Author: Foweraker, Joe
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2017.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9781626377271
1626377278

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