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Strong Democracy in Crisis : Promise or Peril?

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498533621
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Strong Democracy in CrisisDDC classification:
  • 321.8
LOC classification:
  • JC423.S868 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Strong Democracy as Cosmopolis in the Age of Global Interdependence -- Chapter Two: The Polarization Crisis in the United States and the Future of Listening -- Chapter Three: Strong Democracy and a Different Voice -- Chapter Four: Strong Democracy and Transnational Legal Regimes -- Chapter Five: How Swiss Is Ben Barber? -- Chapter Six: Reconstituting Liberal Democracy -- Chapter Seven: Reading Ben Barber, or Rousseau as Educator -- Chapter Eight: The Language and Politics of Representation in Rousseau -- Chapter Nine: Civil Society and Democratic Pluralism -- Chapter Ten: Constitutionalism and Medieval Arabic/Islamic Political Philosophy -- Chapter Eleven: The Mean Girls of McWorld -- Chapter Twelve: Globalizing Political Theory -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This collection of original essays by prominent authors contributes to current debates about democracy in powerful and provocative ways. The occasion for bringing together this notable collection of essays is the opportunity to examine the crisis in democracy and the promise of new alternative models.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Strong Democracy as Cosmopolis in the Age of Global Interdependence -- Chapter Two: The Polarization Crisis in the United States and the Future of Listening -- Chapter Three: Strong Democracy and a Different Voice -- Chapter Four: Strong Democracy and Transnational Legal Regimes -- Chapter Five: How Swiss Is Ben Barber? -- Chapter Six: Reconstituting Liberal Democracy -- Chapter Seven: Reading Ben Barber, or Rousseau as Educator -- Chapter Eight: The Language and Politics of Representation in Rousseau -- Chapter Nine: Civil Society and Democratic Pluralism -- Chapter Ten: Constitutionalism and Medieval Arabic/Islamic Political Philosophy -- Chapter Eleven: The Mean Girls of McWorld -- Chapter Twelve: Globalizing Political Theory -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This collection of original essays by prominent authors contributes to current debates about democracy in powerful and provocative ways. The occasion for bringing together this notable collection of essays is the opportunity to examine the crisis in democracy and the promise of new alternative models.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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