Democracy under Threat
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authoritarianism to the democratic order. In addition, questions have been raised whether the West has failed and whether leaders such as Gandhi and Havel can help us to leave the era of post-truth behind us in order to create a humane order with reason, conscience, and responsibility.
This book includes the contributions of twenty contributors from different parts of the world (viz. Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, and USA). Though there are no contributors from Russia and China these countries are discussed at length in more than one paper. Among the contributors are academics, counsellors, diplomats, journalists, political leaders, and other thought leaders. The papers are up to date until the time of the
American presidential election.
Surendra Munshi, Former Professor of Sociology at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, is an independent researcher and consultant and a Member of Programme Council, Forum 2000. He has taught, spoken, and published on various subjects in India and abroad, including sociological theory and issues concerning democracy, leadership, and global visions. He was the academic leader of an international project on good governance involving European and Indian institutions of higher education and research, supported by the European Commission. He also writes editorial page articles on themes of current interest. His writings include: (co-authored) 'The Intelligent Person's Guide to Good Governance' and (co-edited) 'Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalisation'. He earned his doctoral degree in Sociology from Bielefeld University, Germany, with the highest distinction.
Preface
Introduction
SURENDRA MUNSHI
A: Crisis in Democratic Leadership
1. Democratic Renewal: Tasks for Democratic Leadership
CARL GERSHMAN
2. The Voice of the People and Leadership
IVETA RADICOVÁ
3. Solidarity and Social Justice: Challenges for Liberal Democracy
SHLOMO AVINERI
B: Fragile and Emerging State of Democratic Institutions
4. The Future of Democracy in the Arab World
TAREK OSMAN
5. The Fragility of Our Democratic Institutions
ARUN MAIRA
C. A New Era of Authoritarianism
6. The Growing Authoritarian Influence in Democratic Systems CHRISTOPHER WALKER
7. The Bitter Taste of Velvet Dictatorship
ADAM MICHNIK
8. Aggrieved Nativism: Turkey and Russia
SUAT KINIKLIOGLU
9. New Authoritarianism in East Asia
LU HSIU-LIEN
10. Ten Thousand Cuts: China's Approach to Democracy
JUAN PABLO CARDENAL
D: Populism, Caudillism, and Dynastic Rule
11. Three Structural Flaws in the Populist Wall
OSCAR ARIAS
12. From Illiberalism to Populism:
The Ideological Causes of the Latin American Failure
AXEL KAISER
13. The Paradox of Dynastic Politics in India
NEELAM DEO AND ARJUN CHAWLA
14. Democracy, Dynasties and Power: Why 'Legacy Politics' Persist?
PAUL FLATHER
E. Has the West Failed?
15. Staying with Our Values
ANDREJ KISKA
16. Has the West Failed?
ALEXANDR VONDRA
17. The Enduring Legacy of Western Dominance
THOMAS POGGE
F: For Democratic Leadership:
Lessons from Havel and Gandhi
18. Havel and the Mahatma: A Brief Comparison
RAMIN JAHANBEGLOO
19. Post-Truth and Truth
SURENDRA MUNSHI
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Index
Notes on the Editor and Contributors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.11.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | NA |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 223 mm |
| Gewicht | 452 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-948480-5 / 0199484805 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-948480-5 / 9780199484805 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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