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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458531703321

Autore

Rosow Stephen J.

Titolo

Globalization and democracy / / Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-306-99462-4

1-4422-1810-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Globalization

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy - Developing countries

Democratization - Developing countries

Neoliberalism - Developing countries

Globalization - Political aspects - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Developing countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. One or Many Forms of Democracy?; Chapter 1. Democracy in Historical Context: Toward Heterodoxy; Chapter 2. Neoliberalism and Democracy: Debate, Conflict, and Contestation in the Current Era; Chapter 3. What Does Democracy Mean in the Neoliberal Era? The Case of Venezuela and "Bolivarian Democracy"; Chapter 4. Democracy as a Challenge to Neoliberalism: Heterodoxy in South Africa, India, and Russia; Chapter 5. Globalization and the Destabilization of Democracy; Chapter 6. New Democratic Subjects in Neoliberal Globalization; Notes; Selected Bibliography

IndexAbout the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Combining theory with compelling case studies, this book examines the globalizing world of democracy. Noted critical scholars Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George argue that democracy must be understood not as a unified concept but as a diversity of political responses to specific conditions and political struggles. Doing so reveals how democracy is



taking multiple forms around the world in response to neoliberal globalism and to state control of everyday life. The authors show how the current phase of globalization is destabilizing the dominance of Western democracy promotion, as resisters challen