Democracy -- Case studies

The politics of radical democracy

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This book addresses the idea of radical democracy and, in particular, its poststructuralist articulation. It analyses the approach to radical democracy taken by a number of contemporary theorists and political commentators, including Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, Judith But…

Transformations of democracy: crisis, protest and legitimation

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Is democracy in crisis? On the one hand, it seems to be decaying under the leadership of political elites who make decisions behind closed doors. On the other hand, citizens are taking to the streets to firmly assert their political participation across the globe. Drawing on a r…

Transformations of democracy: crisis, protest and legitimation

by Celikates, Robin, Kreide, Regina, Wesche, Tilo

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Is democracy in crisis? On the one hand, it seems to be decaying under the leadership of political elites who make decisions behind closed doors. On the other hand, citizens are taking to the streets to firmly assert their political participation across the globe. Drawing on a r…

Transformations of democracy: crisis, protest and legitimation

by Celikates, Robin, Kreide, Regina, Wesche, Tilo

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This book interrogates whether recent global protests and civil disobedience are transforming the way we understand contemporary democracy as an institutional system.

Growth, Crisis, Democracy: The Political Economy of Social Coalitions and Po…

by Magara, Hideko, Amable, Bruno

fromRoutledge Research in Comparative Politics Ser

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: social coalitions between equilibria and crises -- 2 The emergence of an anti-bourgeois bloc in France -- 3 Abenomics and Japanese politics -- 4 Who turned …

Growth, crisis, democracy: the political economy of social coalitions and po…

fromRoutledge research in comparative politics

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"Since the global financial crisis of 2008, advanced economies have been making various efforts to overcome the economic impasse. While the contrast between the countries that have escaped from the crisis relatively quickly and those still suffering from serious problems is beco…

Militant democracy

by Sajó, András, Bentch, Lorri Rutt

fromIssues in constitutional law

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This book is a collection of contributions by leading scholars on theoretical and contemporary problems of militant democracy. The term 'militant democracy' was first coined in 1937. In a militant democracy preventive measures are aimed, at least in practice, at restricting peop…

Constitutional politics in multinational democracies

fromDemocracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series

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"Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable. It involves negotiations over the very nature of the state and the implications of self-determination. Multinational democracies are exposed to challenges to the existing order since they are composed of commun…