Globalizing Democracy [[electronic resource] ] : Power, legitimacy and the interpretation of democratic ideas
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| Autore: |
Fierlbeck Katherine
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| Titolo: |
Globalizing Democracy [[electronic resource] ] : Power, legitimacy and the interpretation of democratic ideas
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 321.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Democracy |
| Democracy -- Philosophy | |
| Democracy - 1989- | |
| World politics | |
| Political Science | |
| Law, Politics & Government | |
| Political Theory of the State | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | civil society |
| comparative development | |
| democratic norms | |
| democratic system | |
| democratic theory | |
| democratization debates | |
| developing states | |
| economic well-being | |
| globalization of democracy | |
| legitimacy | |
| philosophical ideals | |
| political obstacles | |
| political strategy | |
| robust democracy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; Part 1 Contextualizing the debate over democracy; I Interpreting democracy: philosophicaldebates; 2 The ambiguity of democracy; 3 Expanding democracy; 4 Can there be nonliberal democracy?; Part 2 Explaining democracy: causal debates; 5 The market; 6 Civil society; Part 3 Pursuing democracy: political debates; 7 Power, legitimacy, and the interpretation ofdemocracy; 8 Deromanticizing democracy; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This new edition examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the 'democratic project' which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations. The first concern presented here is normative and epistemological: as democracy becomes more widely accepted as the political currency of legitimacy, the more broadly it is defined. But as agreement decreases regarding the definition of democracy, the less we are able to evaluate how it is working, or indeed whether it is working at all.The second issue is causal: what are the claims being |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Globalizing democracy |
| ISBN: | 1-78170-141-5 |
| 1-84779-431-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807446103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Perspectives on Democratic Practice