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基本説明
Provides a critical but systematic overview of democratic theory and practice in the contemporary world.
Full Description
This text provides a critical but systematic overview of democratic theory and practice in the contemporary world. The authors show that recent developments are more complex than admitted by proponents of the idea of a democratic world with, what they call, de-democratization of various forms running in parallel with democratization.
Contents
Democracy as an Idea and as a Process.- Formal and Substantive Democracy.- Myths and Misconceptions About Democracy.- Popular Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the Limits of Liberal Democracy.- Democracy and Insecurity.- Poverty, Inequity and Democracy.- Global Regimes, Governability and Democratization.- Democracy, Authoritarianism and De-Democratization.- Conclusion: The Crisis of Democracy Revisited.