The democratic challenge : Rethinking democracy and democratization / Jorge Nef and Bernd Reiter
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Descript
viii, 186p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Introduction: some lingerin questions. -- 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 re-visited.