The Emergence of Illiberalism: Understanding a Global Phenomenon

ISBN-13: 9780367366247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Boris Vormann; Michael Weinman

Opis

The Emergence of Illiberalism draws on the analytical resources of various disciplines and public policy approaches to reflect on the current standing of liberal democracy. The contributors examine the diversity of actually existing democracies in the West and beyond, and their structural and ideological underpinnings.

Spis treści

Part 1: Democracy, Contested: Causes of Illiberalism  1. From a Politics of No Alternative to a Politics of Fear  2. What does a Legitimation Crisis Mean Today?  3. Illiberal Democracy and the Struggle on the Right  4. Illiberal Democracy? A Tocquevillian Perspective  5. The Open Society from a Conservative Perspective  6. The Failing Technocratic Prejudice and the Challenge to Liberal Democracy  Part 2: Democracy, Distorted: Cases of Illiberalism  7. Global Trumpism: Understanding Anti-System Politics in Western Democracies  8. The Crisis of Democracy: The United States in Perspective  9. The European Union and Its Chances for Democratic Revitalization  10. Eastern Europe’s Illiberal Revolution  11. Illiberal Democracy or Electoral Autocracy: The Case of Turkey  12. India’s Unofficial Emergency  13. Japan: Land of the Rising Right  14. "It’s all corrupt": The Roots of Bolsonarism in Brazil  Part 3: Epilogue: Persevering through a Crisis of Conviction  15. Populism and Democracy: The Long View