Overview
- Analyses the actual state of international political democracy and the possible future of democracy
- Discusses the sustainability of political democracy by looking at new global communications networks
- Provides an introduction for academics and students in the political and social sciences
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Democracy as a Uniquely Human Political Process
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Democracy in the Modern World
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The Future of Democracy
Keywords
- Stabilizing Democracy
- Capitalism and Democracy
- Democracy and Despotism in Tribal Society
- Human Political Process
- Democracy in the Modern World
- Socio-Political Change in Developing Nations
- Future of Democracy
- Global Capitalism
- Global New Middle Class
- High Technology Totalitarianism
- Education for Democracy
- Separation of the Economy from State Control
- Enhancing Legal-Rational Authority
- democracy
About this book
This book focuses on the processes that help stabilize democracy. It provides a socio-historical analysis of the future prospects of democracy.
The link between advanced capitalism and democracy is emphasized, focusing on contract law and the separation of the economy from the state. The book also emphasizes the positive effects of the scientific world view on legal- rational authority. Aristotle’s theory of the majority middle class and its stabilizing effect on democracy is highlighted.
This book describes the face to face democracies of the past in order to give us a better perspective on the high tech democracies of the future, making it appealing to students and academics in the political and social sciences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Future of Democracy
Authors: Ronald M. Glassman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16111-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16110-1Published: 04 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16113-2Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16111-8Published: 24 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 198
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Sociology, Democracy