03145nam 2200697 450 991081210910332120230120080630.01-315-57554-X1-317-15571-81-317-15570-X1-4724-4309-8(CKB)3710000000261078(EBL)1815577(OCoLC)893333383(SSID)ssj0001347281(PQKBManifestationID)11813243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347281(PQKBWorkID)11349142(PQKB)10078866(Au-PeEL)EBL1815577(CaPaEBR)ebr11000917(CaONFJC)MIL922493(Au-PeEL)EBL5294177(CaONFJC)MIL687857(MiAaPQ)EBC1815577(MiAaPQ)EBC5294177(EXLCZ)99371000000026107820150113h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCultures of democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria how ideas shape publics /James DawsonSurrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Ashgate Publishing Limited :Ashgate Publishing Company,2014.©20141 online resource (225 p.)Southeast European StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4724-4308-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Guide to Abbreviations of Political Parties; 1 The Neglect of Citizens in the Measurement of Liberal Democracy; 2 Liberal Institutions, Illiberal Democracy? ; 3 Political Pluralism in the Mathematical or the Philosophical Sense?; 4 Publics and Counterpublics in Serbia; 5 Disenchantment without Coherence in Bulgaria; Conclusion: Evaluating Democracy through the Public Sphere; Postscript: On the Bulgarian Protests of 2013 and the Spectre of Authoritarian Populism in Serbia; Bibliography ; IndexStarting from the premise that citizens can only uphold the institutions of liberal democracy when they understand and identify with the principles enshrined in them, the author applies normative public sphere theory to the analysis of political discourse and everyday discussion in Serbia and Bulgaria. Moving beyond the narrow focus on institutions that currently prevails in studies of democratization, this book demonstrates the value of a more ethnographic and society-oriented approach.Southeast European Studies.DemocracySerbiaDemocracyBulgariaPolitical participationSerbiaPolitical participationBulgariaDemocracyDemocracyPolitical participationPolitical participation306.2094971Dawson James1979-1719063MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812109103321Cultures of democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria4116543UNINA