In recent decades, powerful institutions have packaged Western democracy for export around the globe. Although Western democracy is grounded in specific historical experiences and cultural assumptions, advocates have generally taken its normative status for granted. So too have most academics. Yet if democracy is broadly understood as government by "the people," it must necessarily differ along with "the people" in question. Just what "the will of the people" is and how it might be realized become questions of pressing importance. Rather than advance alternative definitions of democracy, celebrate alternative democracies, or posit alternatives to democracy, the contributors to this volume focus on the way that specific definitions of democracy are advanced as normative and others eclipsed, and how certain claims to represent "the will of the people" gain currency and others are silenced. While previous scholars of democracy have proposed one definitive model after another, the authors in this work suggest that democracy is by nature an open ended set of questions about the workings of power--questions best engaged through the dialogical processes of fieldwork and ethnographic writing.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
GRATIS
In U.S.A.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 2,38
In U.S.A.
Da: Bulk Book Warehouse, Rotterdam, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: Acceptable. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Contains minimal highlighting and/or writing within main pages. Codice articolo 581QQC000FZ9_ns
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Codice articolo X08B-01019
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Codice articolo 1934691070-R
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Codice articolo 6124533-n
Quantità: 5 disponibili
Da: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condizione: NEW. Democracy: Anthropological Approaches 1. Book. Codice articolo BBS-9781934691076
Quantità: 5 disponibili
Da: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condizione: NEW. Codice articolo ABLIING23Mar2912160328383
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Codice articolo 6124533
Quantità: 5 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo IQ-9781934691076
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: NEW. 263 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-1934691070
Quantità: 2 disponibili
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. Codice articolo 6124533-n
Quantità: 5 disponibili