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The demons of liberal democracy / Adrian Pabst.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019Description: viii, 188 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509528455
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Demons of liberal democracyDDC classification:
  • 321.8 PAB.D 23
LOC classification:
  • JC574 .P328 2019
Contents:
Liberal democracy in question -- Democracy between liberalism and populism -- Oligarchy : commodification and economic democracy -- Demagogy : sophistry and the politics of truth -- Anarchy : atomisation and the primacy of association -- Tyranny : voluntary servitude and mixed government -- Renewing the democratic promise.
Summary: "In this book, Adrian Pabst contends that liberal democracy is undemocratic: intolerant about the values of ordinary people while concentrating power in the hands of elites. In order to banish liberal democracy's demons, he proposes ideas for economic democracy, a politics of persuasion and a balance of personal freedom with social solidarity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Campus Library Kariavattom General Stacks Campus Library Kariavattom Fiction 321.8 PAB.D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available UCL28909
Book Book Dept. of Political Science General Stacks Dept. of Political Science Fiction 321.8 PAB.D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available POL22574

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Liberal democracy in question -- Democracy between liberalism and populism -- Oligarchy : commodification and economic democracy -- Demagogy : sophistry and the politics of truth -- Anarchy : atomisation and the primacy of association -- Tyranny : voluntary servitude and mixed government -- Renewing the democratic promise.

"In this book, Adrian Pabst contends that liberal democracy is undemocratic: intolerant about the values of ordinary people while concentrating power in the hands of elites. In order to banish liberal democracy's demons, he proposes ideas for economic democracy, a politics of persuasion and a balance of personal freedom with social solidarity"-- Provided by publisher.

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