| Description |
xi, 412 pages : 3tabs ; 23cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction: Democracy: from city-states to a cosmopolitan order? / David Held -- pt. 2. Contesting democracy: theoretical disputes: Liberal democracy and the limits of democratization / David Beetham ; Deliberative democracy and social choice / David Miller; Must feminists give up on liberal democracy? / Anne Phillips; Associational democracy / Paul Hirst; Direct democracy: setting appropriate terms of debate / Ian Budge; The cultural particularity of liberal democracy / Bhikhu Parekh -- pt. 3. Substantive issues: the scope and limits of democratic politics: Democracy, markets and capital: are there necessary economic limits to democracy? / Christopher Pierson; Socialism and democracy / Alex Callinicos; Military Policies and the state system as impediments to democracy / Robert C. Johansen; Democracy and the media - without foundations / John Keane; Democratic citizenship in a post-communist era / Danilo Zolo -- pt. 4. The dynamics of democratization: risks and possibilities: Consolidations of democracy / John A. Hall; Democracy and its future in Eastern Europe / Paul G. Lewis; The alternatives to 'liberal democracy': a Latin American perspective / Laurence Whitehead; Sub-Saharan Africa / Geoffrey Hawthorn; Democratization in Asia / David Potter; The prospects for democracy in the Middle East / Simon Bromley |
| Analysis |
Democracy |
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Democracy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Democracy.
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Liberalism.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| Author |
Held, David.
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| LC no. |
93210298 |
| ISBN |
0745609880 (acid-free paper) |
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0745609899 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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