The Democratic Invention (A Journal of Democracy Book) - Softcover

Plattner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801864194 ISBN 13: 9780801864193

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Thirteen scholars and world leaders reflect upon the significance of democracy as a system of government and its consequences both within individual countries and internationally. The book is divided into four parts. "The Democratic Prospect" offers broad-ranging global assessments of the recent history and the future prospects of democracy. "Transitions to Democracy" focuses on three specific cases of democratic transition: the United States in the late 18th century, Portugal in the 1970s and Central Europe after 1989. "Beyond and Below the Nation" deals with democracy at different levels in terms of scale. "Religions, Morality and Belief" examines perennial problems that confront all democratic societies, whether they are newly emerging or established. Despite the democracy movement's success since the mid-1970s, the authors conclude, democracy faces new threats from ethnic conflict, the stresses of a globalized economy and a spiritual weariness evident within some older democratic societies.

About this title

About the Author

Marc F. Plattner is a counselor at the National Endowment for Democracy, a codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a coeditor of the Journal of Democracy. Joao Carlos Espada is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon and is director of the Institute for Political Studies at the Portuguese Catholic University.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801864194
• ISBN 13: 9780801864193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200