1st Edition

The Dialectics of Democracy Towards a Socialist Constitutionalism

By Dimitrios Kivotidis Copyright 2024
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how the democratic form and the struggle for democracy reflects, influences and shapes the struggle for social emancipation. In the context of increased exploitation, rising inequality, and intensified struggle for social justice in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the channelling of populism through liberal democratic institutions has had contradictory effects: giving... Read more

Part One - Capitalism and Democracy 1. Dialectical Materialist Approach to Democracy 2. Democracy in the Stage of Imperialism 3. 'Radical' Theories of Democracy 4. Democracy and Digital Capitalims Part Two - Democracy and Socialism 5. Social-Democratic Constitutionalism 6. Socialist Constitutionalism 7. The Democratic Form in Communism

Biography

Dimitrios Kivotidis is a Lecturer in Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.