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Democratic piety : complexity, conflict and violence / Adrian Little.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Little, Adrian, 1969-
- Series:
- Taking on the political.
- Taking on the political
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Philosophy.
- Democracy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 191 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An analysis of the nature of contemporary democratic theory and the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Pious discourses of democracy
- 1. Complexity theory and democratic politics
- 2. Complexity, democratisation and conflict
- 3. Democracy, consensus and dissent
- 4. Democracy and violence
- 5. Terrorism, violence and the ethics of democracy
- Conclusion: The constitutive failure of democracy.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5270-1
- 1-281-78588-1
- 9786611785888
- 0-7486-3366-9
- OCLC:
- 437233423
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