The Trouble with Democracy

Political Modernity in the 21st Century
Herausgeber: Rosich, Gerard; Wagner, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Western political thought has long maintained that democracy, once achieved, is here to stay. This view appears to be supported by successive 'waves of democratisation' across the world but, in truth, the political situation of our time is much more ambiguous. On the one hand, the commitment to democracy seems to be more widely shared than ever; on the other, popular will has ever less impact on political decisions because of alleged constraints in an era of 'globalisation'. Existing democracies suffer from a combination of technocratic governance and populist reactions. Global political communication has foundered with addressing urgent problems such as climate change, global social justice and economic-financial crises. By placing political condition of our time in its long-term historical context, this book radically reconsiders key issues of political thought and gives you a comparative exploration of the current experiences of democracy in several world-regions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781474407984
• ISBN-10: 1474407986
• Artikelnr.: 43116778

Autorenporträt

Gerard Rosich is Doctoral Researcher within the ERC Advanced Grant Research Project Trajectories of Modernity at The University of Barcelona. His work includes 'The limits of recognition: history, otherness and autonomy' in African, American and European Trajectories of Modernity: Past Oppression, Future Justice? edited by Peter Wagner (2015) in the Annual of European and Global Studies series published by Edinburgh University Press. Peter Wagner is Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. His publications include The Trouble with Democracy (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), African, American and European Trajectories of Modernity (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Modernity as Experience and Interpretation (Polity Press, 2008), A History and Theory of the Social Sciences (Sage, 2001), Theorising Modernity (Sage, 2001) and A Sociology of Modernity (Routledge, 1994).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Re-interpreting
Democracy for Our Time, Gerard Rosich and Peter Wagner; 2. Autonomy in and
Between Polities: Democracy and the Need for Collective Political Selves,
Gerard Rosich; 3. Rethinking 'Modern' Democracy: Political Modernity and
Constituent Power, Andreas Kalyvas; 4. Democratic Surplus and
Democracy-in-failing: On Ancient and Modern Self-cancellation of Democracy,
Nathalie Karagiannis; 5. Setbacks of Women's Emancipation (Condition,
Consequence, Measure and Ruse) , Geneviève Fraisse; 6. Political Modernity,
Democracy and State-Society Relations in Latin America: A New
Socio-historical Problématique?, Manuel A. Garretón; 7. Communitarian
Cosmopolitanism: Argentina's Recuperated Factories, Neo-liberal
Globalization and Democratic Citizenship, Carlos A. Forment; 8. Middle
Classing in Roodepoort: Unexpected Sites of Post-apartheid 'Community',
Ivor Chipkin; 9. Democracy and Capitalism in Europe, Brazil and South
Africa, Peter Wagner; 10. From Realism to Activism: A Critique of
Resignation in Political Theory, Lea Ypi; 11. The World as We Find It: A
Suggestion for a Democratic Theory for Our Times, Tracy B. Strong; 12.
Epilogue: Democracy as Capacity for Self-transformation, Gerard Rosich and
Peter Wagner; Index