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Democratic failure / edited by Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- NOMOS ; LXIII.
- NYU scholarship online.
- NOMOS ; LXIII
- NYU scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Philosophy.
- Democracy.
- Representative government and representation.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Explores the challenges facing democracies in the twenty-first centuryIn Democratic Failure, Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff bring together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars in political science, law, and philosophy to explore the key questions and challenges facing democracies, both in the past and present, around the world.In ten timely essays, contributors examine the fascinating, centuries-old question of whether or not democracy can ever fulfill the promise of its ideals. Together, they explore lessons from the history of democracy, various failures of democratic representation, and more. Ultimately, this latest installment of the NOMOS series provides thought-provoking insights into how we conceptualize, measure, and address democratic erosion in our present-day world.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I MUST DEMOCRACY FAIL?
- 1 DEMOCRACY AS FAILURE
- 2 FAILING DEMOCRACY
- 3 WHY NO GOOD, VERY BAD, ELITIST DEMOCRACY IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, NOT A FAILURE
- PART II FAILURES OF REPRESENTATION
- 4 REPRESENTATION FAILURE
- 5 DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND DEMOCRATIC FAILURE A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH
- 6 DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES AS EPISTEMIC INTERMEDIARIES
- 7 POLITICAL PARTIES AND PUBLIC POLICY
- PART III FAILURES OF KNOWLEDGE
- 8 DU BOIS’S DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY
- 9 PRETEXTUAL POLITICS AND DEMOCRATIC INCLUSION COMMENT ON DARBY
- 10 DEMOCRATIC REMEDIES IF IGNORANCE THREATENS DEMOCRACY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 20, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-0480-0
- OCLC:
- 1243310582
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