The Democratic Challenge: Rethinking Democracy and Democratization

ISBN-13: 9780230516908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str.

J Nef

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

JORGE NEF is Director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies and Professor of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida, USA.
BERND REITER is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of South Florida, USA.