Labyrinths Of Democracy

Author : G÷ran Therborn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788738993
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy written by G÷ran Therborn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global panorama of the historical development and contemporary malaise of liberal democracy, from a renowned social theorist. Barely a century has passed since liberal democracy became established in the majority of advanced capitalist economies. Elsewhere, it is of even more recent vintage. Classical liberalism held universal suffrage a mortal threat to property. So why did it nevertheless come to pass, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and the continued rule of capital? People on all continents consider inequality a "very big problem". The Davos Economic Forum and the OECD say they are worried. But capitalist democracies don't respond. How has democracy been transformed from a popular demand for social justice to a professional power game? These questions are raised, and answered, in Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy. Together with an essay on the current situation, it includes a compact global history of 'The Right to Vote and the Four World Routes to/through Modernity' and two landmark essays from New Left Review, 'The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy' and 'The Travail of Latin American Democracy', collected here in book form for the first time.

Author : Heinz Eulau
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 : 9780672514876
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labyrinths of Democracy written by Heinz Eulau and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1973 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G÷ran Therborn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788739019
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy written by G÷ran Therborn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global panorama of the historical development and contemporary malaise of liberal democracy, from a renowned social theorist. Barely a century has passed since liberal democracy became established in the majority of advanced capitalist economies. Elsewhere, it is of even more recent vintage. Classical liberalism held universal suffrage a mortal threat to property. So why did it nevertheless come to pass, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and the continued rule of capital? People on all continents consider inequality a "very big problem". The Davos Economic Forum and the OECD say they are worried. But capitalist democracies don't respond. How has democracy been transformed from a popular demand for social justice to a professional power game? These questions are raised, and answered, in Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy. Together with an essay on the current situation, it includes a compact global history of 'The Right to Vote and the Four World Routes to/through Modernity' and two landmark essays from New Left Review, 'The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy' and 'The Travail of Latin American Democracy', collected here in book form for the first time.

Author : Reuven Brenner
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472065561
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labyrinths of Prosperity written by Reuven Brenner and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that macroeconomic management of the economy leads nations into decline

Author : Larry Diamond
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801882876
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing the Quality of Democracy written by Larry Diamond and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-11-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Lidija R. Basta Fleiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783719020705
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Labyrinths of the Crisis written by Lidija R. Basta Fleiner and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zoë Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135862567
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United Nations and Democracy in Africa written by Zoë Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sows in four 'most different' African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Tanzania. Wilson's original purpose for researching this book was to uncover new solutions to some of the United Nations' most vexing implementation problems. Yet, as research unfolded, it became clear that the reasons for those problems lay tangled up in bureaucratic and philosophical quagmires of a much more fundamental nature. The United Nations and Democracy in Africa is the documentation not only of these bureaucratic and philosophical absurdities that find expression through development practice, but also the journey of the author from ardent defender of the UN to profound sceptic.

Author : Ravi Kalia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317405439
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pakistan’s Political Labyrinths written by Ravi Kalia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Pakistan from different vantage points. It examines a variety of events in contemporary Pakistan through a comprehensive analysis of identity and power politics; media landscapes; military recruitment; role of madrassahs; terrorism and militancy; civil war as well as outlines future trajectories. It studies themes such as Pakistan’s relationship with India, the legacy of Jinnah, gender and fundamentalism, urbanisation, unrest that have plagued the northern areas. It further looks at the nation after the capture of Osama bin Laden and the changing nature of its relation with the US in its aftermath. Including contributions from experts in the field and policy-makers across the world, this volume will interest scholars and researchers on Pakistan studies, politics, and international relations. It will also appeal to government think tanks and the general reader.

Author : Samuel James Eldersveld
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472080946
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Elites in Modern Societies written by Samuel James Eldersveld and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on the nature of political leadership

Author : Peter H. Smith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400871174
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labyrinths of Power written by Peter H. Smith and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Smith has written a comprehensive and in-depth study of the structure and more important of the transformation of the national political elite in twentieth-century Mexico. In doing so, he analyzes the long-run impact of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 on the composition of the country's ruling elite. Included in his focus are such issues as the social basis of politics, the recruitments process, political career patterns, the amount of periodic turnover, and the relationships between the political and economic elites. The author explores these issues through an empirical, computer-assisted investigation of biographical information on more than 6,000 individuals who held national political office in Mexico at any time between 1900 and 1976. He then employs various comparative and statistical techniques, along with a use of archival data, questionnaires, and interviews, to determine precisely how Mexico’s political system actually works. Professor Smith finds that the Revolution of 1910 did not fundamentally alter the class composition of the national elite, although it did redistribute power within it. He further observes that the Mexican Revolution did bring about a separation of political and economic elites, and that the route to political success is much more varied and less predictable now than before the revolutionary period. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.