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• catalog abstract ""This volume offers a comprehensive overview of current debates about democracy across the globe. Since the political turmoil in Eastern Europe began in the 1980s, the debate about the meaning and future of democracy has intensified. Prospects for Democracy assesses this debate through wide-ranging theoretical considerations and a diverse set of case studies." "The volume begins with a major overview of the concept of democracy from ancient city states to contemporary discussion about the possibility of international democracy. In the next section a series of contemporary models of democracy are examined and their strengths and limits explored. The third section confronts a wide variety of questions about the proper form and scope of democratic politics. In the final part, the context and prospects of democracy are investigated across many of the world's major regions including Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East." "This volume will be widely welcomed by all those, academics and non-academics alike, who have an interest in the meaning and future of democracy as we approach the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog contributor b8732439.
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description ""This volume offers a comprehensive overview of current debates about democracy across the globe. Since the political turmoil in Eastern Europe began in the 1980s, the debate about the meaning and future of democracy has intensified. Prospects for Democracy assesses this debate through wide-ranging theoretical considerations and a diverse set of case studies." "The volume begins with a major overview of the concept of democracy from ancient city states to contemporary discussion about the possibility of international democracy. In the next section a series of contemporary models of democracy are examined and their strengths and limits explored. The third section confronts a wide variety of questions about the proper form and scope of democratic politics. In the final part, the context and prospects of democracy are investigated across many of the world's major regions including Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East." "This volume will be widely welcomed by all those, academics and non-academics alike, who have an interest in the meaning and future of democracy as we approach the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog description "(cont.) Democracy and the media - without foundations / John Keane -- Democratic citizenship in a post-communist era / Danilo Zolo -- Consolidations of democracy / John A. Hall --- Democracy and its future in Eastern Europe / Paul G. Lewis -- The alternatives to 'liberal democracy' : a Latin American perspective / Laurence Whitehead -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Geoffrey Hawthorn -- Democratization in Asia / David Potter -- The prospects for democracy in the Middle East / Simon Bromley.".
• catalog description "Democracy : from city-states to a cosmopolitan order? / David Held -- Liberal democracy and the limits of democratization / David Beetham -- Deliberative democracy and social choice / David Miller -- Must feminists give up on liberal democracy? / Anne Phillips -- Associational democracy / Paul Hirst -- Direct democracy : setting appropriate terms of debate / Ian Budge -- The cultural particularity of liberal democracy / Bhikhu Parekh -- Democracy, markets and capital : are there necessary economic limits to democracy? / Christopher Pierson -- Socialism and democracy / Alex Callinicos -- Military policies and the state system as impediments to democracy / Robert C. Johansen --".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "xi, 412 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0804721920".
• catalog identifier "0804721939 (pbk)".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
• catalog subject "321.8 20".
• catalog subject "Democracy.".
• catalog subject "JC423 .P883 1993".
• catalog subject "World politics 1989-".
• catalog tableOfContents "(cont.) Democracy and the media - without foundations / John Keane -- Democratic citizenship in a post-communist era / Danilo Zolo -- Consolidations of democracy / John A. Hall --- Democracy and its future in Eastern Europe / Paul G. Lewis -- The alternatives to 'liberal democracy' : a Latin American perspective / Laurence Whitehead -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Geoffrey Hawthorn -- Democratization in Asia / David Potter -- The prospects for democracy in the Middle East / Simon Bromley.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Democracy : from city-states to a cosmopolitan order? / David Held -- Liberal democracy and the limits of democratization / David Beetham -- Deliberative democracy and social choice / David Miller -- Must feminists give up on liberal democracy? / Anne Phillips -- Associational democracy / Paul Hirst -- Direct democracy : setting appropriate terms of debate / Ian Budge -- The cultural particularity of liberal democracy / Bhikhu Parekh -- Democracy, markets and capital : are there necessary economic limits to democracy? / Christopher Pierson -- Socialism and democracy / Alex Callinicos -- Military policies and the state system as impediments to democracy / Robert C. Johansen --".
• catalog title "Prospects for democracy : North, South, East, West / edited by David Held.".
• catalog type "text".