Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 498 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 498 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-31394-4
Verlag: Routledge
In this sequel to A Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. At a time when state power is being increasingly eroded by the economic might of transnational capital, what possible value can we ascribe to a democratic idea that is defined merely as a set of guarantees against the totalitarian
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Introduction -- Part 1: The Three Dimensions of Democracy -- A New Idea -- Human Rights, Representation, and Citizenship -- Limitations on Power -- Representative Political Actors -- Citizenship -- Part 2: A History of the Modern Democratic Spirit -- Republicans and Liberals -- Opening Up a Public Space -- Part 3: Democratic Culture -- The Politics of the Subject -- Recomposing the World -- Part 4: Democracy and Development -- Modernization or Development? -- Transforming Old into New -- Democratization in the East and the South? -- Conclusion
