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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791918503321

Autore

Gaon Stella <1960->

Titolo

Democracy in crisis [[electronic resource] ] : violence, alterity, community / / edited by Stella Gaon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-84779-738-5

1-78170-212-8

1-84779-298-7

Edizione

[Online-ausg.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Collana

Perspectives on Democratic Practice.

Perspectives on democratic practice

Altri autori (Persone)

GaonStella

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Political violence

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

pt. 1. Alterity as a crisis for democracy -- pt. 2. Alterity as a provocation to democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the political implications of violence and alterity (radical difference) for the practice of democracy, and reformulates the possibility of community that democracy is said to entail. Most significantly, contributors intervene in traditional democratic theory by boldly contesting the widely-held assumption that increased inclusion, tolerance and cultural recognition are democracy's sufficient conditions. Rather than simply inquiring how best to expand the 'demos', they investigate how claims to self-determination, identity and sovereignty are a problem for democracy and ho.