Globalizing Democracy
Power, Legitimacy and the Interpretation of Democratic Ideas (2nd Ed.)
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2008
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2nd edition
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-7639-8 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
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Examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the "democratic project" which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations. This title is suitable for those in international development studies, as well as political theorists with an interest in applied ethics.
This new edition examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the ‘democratic project’ which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations. The first concern presented here is normative and epistemological: as democracy becomes more widely accepted as the political currency of legitimacy, the more broadly it is defined. But as agreement decreases regarding the definition of democracy, the less we are able to evaluate how it is working, or indeed whether it is working at all.
The second issue is causal: what are the claims being made regarding how best to secure a democratic system in developing states? To what extent do our beliefs and expectations of how political relations ought to be governed distort our understanding of how democratic societies do in fact emerge; and, conversely, to what extent does our understanding of how democracy manifests itself temper our conception of what it ought to be?
The volume will be of interest to those in international development studies, as well as political theorists with an interest in applied ethics. -- .
This new edition examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the ‘democratic project’ which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations. The first concern presented here is normative and epistemological: as democracy becomes more widely accepted as the political currency of legitimacy, the more broadly it is defined. But as agreement decreases regarding the definition of democracy, the less we are able to evaluate how it is working, or indeed whether it is working at all.
The second issue is causal: what are the claims being made regarding how best to secure a democratic system in developing states? To what extent do our beliefs and expectations of how political relations ought to be governed distort our understanding of how democratic societies do in fact emerge; and, conversely, to what extent does our understanding of how democracy manifests itself temper our conception of what it ought to be?
The volume will be of interest to those in international development studies, as well as political theorists with an interest in applied ethics. -- .
Katherine Fierlbeck is Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada -- .
List of acronyms
Preface
Introduction
1. Contextualizing the debate over democracy
Section I - Interpreting democracy: philosophical debates
2. The ambiguity of democracy
3. Expanding democracy
4. Non-liberal democracy?
Section II - Explaining democracy: causal debates
5. The market
6. Civil society
Section III - Pursuing democracy: political debates
7. The politics of definition
8. Deromanticizing democracy
Bibliography
Index -- .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2008 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Perspectives on Democratic Practice |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7190-7639-0 / 0719076390 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7190-7639-8 / 9780719076398 |
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