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Why Democracy Is Oppositional / John Medearis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (250 p.) : 1 tableContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674286627
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321.8 23
LOC classification:
  • JC423 .M3875 2015eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Ironic Place of Movements in Democratic Theory -- 2. Episodes in the History of Alienation and Democratic Theory -- 3. A Contemporary Theory of Alienation -- 4. Oppositional Democracy -- 5. Contesting the Welfare State -- Epilogue. On Alienation and the Contemporary Security State -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: John Medearis argues that democracies face challenges which go beyond civic lethargy and unreasonable debate. Democracy is inherently a fragile state of affairs because citizens create the very institutions that overwhelm them. Hostile threats are the product of their own collective activities, and preserving democracy will always entail struggle.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674286627

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Ironic Place of Movements in Democratic Theory -- 2. Episodes in the History of Alienation and Democratic Theory -- 3. A Contemporary Theory of Alienation -- 4. Oppositional Democracy -- 5. Contesting the Welfare State -- Epilogue. On Alienation and the Contemporary Security State -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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John Medearis argues that democracies face challenges which go beyond civic lethargy and unreasonable debate. Democracy is inherently a fragile state of affairs because citizens create the very institutions that overwhelm them. Hostile threats are the product of their own collective activities, and preserving democracy will always entail struggle.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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