The Condition of Democracy: Volume 1: Neoliberal Politics and Sociological Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367745332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 186 str.

Jürgen Mackert; Bryan S. Turner; Hannah Wolf

Opis

This collection addresses the preconditions of democratic rule, the state this form of governance is in, and the changing ways in which citizens can (still) act as the sovereign in liberal democratic societies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Waves of Democracy  Part 1: Neoliberalism and the Meltdown of Democratic Life  1. Enchaining Democracy: The Now-Transnational Project of the US Corporate Libertarian Right  2. Ordoliberalism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy  3. Toward a Predistributive Democracy: Diagnosing Oligarchy, Dedemocratization, and the Deceits of Market Justice  4. The Politics of Bailing-Out the Rich: The Role of ‘Systemic Importance’ Within the European Banking Union  5. Democratization or Politicization? The Changing Face of Political-Economic Expertise in European Expert Groups, 1966-2017  Part 2: Sociological Perspectives on Liberal Democracy  6. The Ideology of Anti-Populism and the Administrative State  7. Roman Catholicism and Democracy: Internal Conservatism and External Liberalism?  8. Breaking Bad: The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Digital Culture