The weariness of democracy : confronting the failure of liberal democracy / Obed Frausto, Jason Powell, Sarah Vitale, editors.
Frausto, Obed, editor.; Powell, Jason, editor.; Vitale, Sarah, editor.
2020
JC423 .W43 2020
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Title The weariness of democracy : confronting the failure of liberal democracy / Obed Frausto, Jason Powell, Sarah Vitale, editors.
ISBN 3030193411 (electronic book)
9783030193416 (electronic book)
9783030193409
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages)
Call Number JC423 .W43 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 321.8
Summary Liberal democracy today, having aligned itself with capitalism, is producing a generalized feeling of weariness and disillusionment with government among the citizenry of many countries. Because of a decades-long march of globalized capitalism, economic oligarchies have gained oppressive levels of political power, and as a result, the economic needs of many people around the world have been neglected. It then becomes essential to remember that our ability to change society emerges from our power to formulate different questions; or, in this case, alternative understandings of democracy. This book draws together a variety of alternative theories of democracies in a quest to expose readers to a selection of the most exciting and innovative new approaches to politics today. The consideration of these leading alternative conceptualizations of democracy is important, as it is now common to see xenophobic and racist rhetoric using the platform of liberal democracy to threaten ideas of plurality, diversity, equality, and economic justice. In looking at four different models of democracy (utopian democracy, radical democracy, republican democracy, and plural democracy) this book argues that encounters with alternate conceptualizations of democracy is necessary if citizens and scholars are going to understand the constellation of possibilities that exist for inclusive, plural, economically equal, and just societies.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 04, 2019).
Added Author Frausto, Obed, editor.
Powell, Jason, editor.
Vitale, Sarah, editor.
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