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Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 state?If democracy is to survive in the... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Three Dimensions of Democracy -- A New Idea -- Human Rights, Representation, and Citizenship -- Limitations on Power -- Representative Political Actors -- Citizenship -- A History of the Modern Democratic Spirit -- Republicans and Liberals -- Opening Up a Public Space -- Democratic Culture -- The Politics of the Subject -- Recomposing the World -- Democracy and Development -- Modernization or Development? -- Transforming Old into New -- Democratization in the East and the South? -- Conclusion
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Touraine, Alain | Macey, David
