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ISBN
9780367313944
Publisert
2019-08-28
Utgiver
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Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
240
Biografisk notat
Alain Touraine is a sociologist and currently director of the Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologiques (CADIS) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He is also the author of The Return of the Actor and Critique of Modernity. David Macey.
In this sequel to A Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. At a time when state power is being increasingly eroded by the economic might of transnational capital, what possible value can we ascribe to a democratic idea that is defined merely as a set of guarantees against the totalitarian
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In this book, the author questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. He aims to aid in reconstructing the political space and to promote the rebirth of democratic convictions by combating two threats: On the one, it risks and on the other, its name.
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Introduction -- Part 1: The Three Dimensions of Democracy -- A New Idea -- Human Rights, Representation, and Citizenship -- Limitations on Power -- Representative Political Actors -- Citizenship -- Part 2: A History of the Modern Democratic Spirit -- Republicans and Liberals -- Opening Up a Public Space -- Part 3: Democratic Culture -- The Politics of the Subject -- Recomposing the World -- Part 4: Democracy and Development -- Modernization or Development? -- Transforming Old into New -- Democratization in the East and the South? -- Conclusion
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780367313944
Publisert
2019-08-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240