Democratic Theory Today: Challenges for the 21st CenturyISBN: 978-0-7456-2194-4
Hardcover
320 pages
February 2002, Polity
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This book examines some key theoretical and practical problems
for democracy today, such as the nature of citizenship and forms of
inequality and exclusion based on poverty, gender and ethnic or
cultural difference. It also explores the challenges posed by
nationalism and by claims for group rights and indigenous
autonomy.
The authors discuss recent theoretical responses to the problems
of political apathy and inequality, as well as globalization and
identity politics. These various approaches accept the basic
institutions of liberal democracy but look for ways of revitalizing
political debate and participation, promoting greater equality and
responding to the erosion of national sovereignty by global
forces.
Democratic Theory Today will provide a lively and
accessible guide for students of political science, political
theory and political philosophy. It will also be of interest to
those engaged in current debates about democracy.
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