Democracy versus modernization : a dilemma for Russia and for the world / / edited by Vladislav Inozemtsev and Piotr Dutkiewicz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462432703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-58672-X; 9786613899170; 0-203-10896-5; 1-136-26781-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 81
• Altri autori (Persone): DutkiewiczPiotr; InozemtsevVladislav L (Vladislav Leonidovich)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetti: Democracy; Democracy - Economic aspects; Economic development - Political aspects; Democracy - Russia (Federation); Economic development - Russia (Federation); Electronic books.
• 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: General theory of democracy. Democracy and rights: the greatest dilemma of our times / Daniel Bell ; Democracy as spectre, dream and reality / John Dunn ; "Universal value" at its "natural limit"? / Vladislav Inozemtsev ; From agora to the marketplace -- where to from here? / Zygmunt Bauman ; Democracy - state - market and modernization in Eastern Europe / Piotr Dutkiewicz ; Overturning the authoritarian majority - not an easy task / Mark Urnov -- Realities of democratization. From the 19th to the 21st democracy: what is next step? / Alexei Miller ; Democracy in China: challenge or opportunity? / Yu Keping ; Democracy and how it is used in Russia / Gleb Pavlovsky ; Democracy and dissatisfaction / Ivan Krastev -- Democracy and modernization. Modernization and democracy / Ronald Inglehart ; Democratization and modernization in the context of the ; transformation of post-Soviet states / Andrei Ryabov ; Democracy vs. efficiency: the challenge of the 21st century / Parag Khanna ; From authoritarianism to democracy along the paths of modernization: from the general to the specific / Victor Krasilshchikov ; Market-states and post-democracy / Adrian Pabst -- Democracy in the world. Less means more: the moral virtue of political minimalism / Amitai Etzioni ; Hope for global democracy as a challenge to the 21st century/ Daniele Archibugi ; Democracy in the era of limited sovereignty / Ekaterina Kuznetsova ; New debates over global democracy and international democracy promotion / Thomas Carothers.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book seeks to ""re-think democracy."" Over the past years, there has been a tendency in the global policy community and, even more widely, in the world's media, to focus on democracy as the ""gold standard"" by which all things political are measured.? This book re-examines democracy in Russia and in the world more generally, as idea, desired ideal, and practice. A major issue for Russia is?whether the modernization of Russia might not prosper better by Russia focusing directly on modernization and not worrying too much about democracy. This book explores a wide range of aspects of thi