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Transformations of Democracy
Crisis, Protest and Legitimation
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2015
Summary
Is democracy in crisis? On the one hand, it seems to be decaying under the leadership of political elites who make decisions behind closed doors. On the other hand, citizens are taking to the streets to firmly assert their political participation across the globe.
Drawing on a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this collection examines the multiple transformations which both the practice and the idea of democracy are undergoing today. It starts by questioning whether there is a crisis of democracy, or if part of this crisis lies in the inadequacy of social and political theory to describe current challenges. Exploring a range of violent and non-violent forms of resistance, the book goes on to ask how these are related to the arts, what form of civility they require and whether they undermine the functioning of institutions. In the final section of the book, the contributors examine the normative foundations of democratic practices and institutions, especially with regard to the tension between human rights and democracy and the special character of democratic authority.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-78348-088-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-78348-090-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
282
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
1 The European Crisis No access
2 Democracy in Crisis No access
3 Radical Philosophy Encounters the Uprisings No access
4 Citizenship, Democracy and the Plurality of Means, Forms and Levels of Participation No access
5 Being Agitated—Agitated Being No access
6 An Ethics of Public Political Deliberation No access
7 Resisting Resistance No access
8 Digital Publics, Digital Contestation No access
9 Is There a Human Right to Democracy? No access
10 Democracy and Moral Rights No access
11 Normative Sources of Democratic Deliberation No access
12 Democratic Autonomy and Democratic Authority No access
Bibliography No access Pages 257 - 274
Index No access Pages 275 - 278
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 279 - 282
