Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age - Brossura

Barber, Benjamin R. R.

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ISBN 10: 0520242335 ISBN 13: 9780520242333

Casa editrice: University of California Press, 2004

Riassunto

Since its appearance twenty years ago, Benjamin R. Barber's Strong Democracy has been one of the primary standards against which political science thinking and writing is measured. Defined as the participation of all of the people in at least some aspects of self-government at least some of the time, Strong Democracy offers liberal society a new way of thinking about and of practicing democracy. Contrary to the commonly held view that an excess of democracy can undo liberal institutions, Barber argues that an excess of liberalism has undermined our democratic institutions and brought about the set of crises we still find ourselves struggling against: cynicism about voting, alienation, privatization, and the growing paralysis of public institutions. In a new preface Barber looks at the past twenty years and restates his argument, which seems, sadly, more pressing than ever.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Benjamin R. Barber was Kekst Professor of Civil Society at the University of Maryland and Director of the New York office of The Democracy Collaborative. He is the author of Fear's Empire: Terrorism, War and Democracy (2003) and Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World (1995).

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"One of the chosen few: an enduring contribution to democratic thought."—Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0520242335
• ISBN 13: 9780520242333
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 362