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The spirit of democracy : corruption, disintegration, renewal / Sofia Näsström.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Näsström, Sofia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755--Criticism and interpretation.
- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat.
- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Pres, [2021]
- Summary:
- This book develops a new theoretical framework for studying the corruption, disintegration, and renewal of democracy: what it is, how it begins, and where in society it plays out. Näsström argues that modern democracy is a sui generis political form animated and sustained by a spirit of emancipation.
- Contents:
- PART 1: THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY: 1. Rousseau's people trap
- 2. The principle of emancipation
- 3. Democratic freedom
- PART 2: THREE CONTESTED ISSUES: 4. Election
- 5. Social rights
- 6. Citizenship status.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-265423-3
- 0-19-192540-3
- 0-19-265422-5
- OCLC:
- 1256260328
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