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An introduction and critical assessment of democracy from Ancient Greece to the present day.
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"The great global struggles today are not over democracy versus other forms of government but over the meanings and practices of democracy themselves. There is no better critical and engaged survey of the complex histories and contemporary struggles over this deeply contested concept than David Held′s third and improved edition of Models of Democracy, precisely because it is written in awareness of its own contestability."
James Tully, University of Victoria
"Models is the kind of established classic which both demands and merits revision every decade or so."
David Beetham, University of Leeds
"Everyone who has used Models will welcome this new edition. Newcomers will find a wide–ranging and reliable analysis of past and present debates about democracy and gain an understanding of what is at issue in current global arguments."
Carole Pateman, Cardiff University and University of California at Los Angeles
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Condition: Gut. XII; 321 Seiten; graph. Darst.; 23,5 cm; fadengeh. Orig.-Pappband m. OUmschlag. Gutes Exemplar; OUmschlag stw. lichtrandig u. berieben. - Englisch. - How should we understand th scope of democracy? To what domains of life should it be applied? Or, alternatively, should democracy be clearly delimited to maintain other important ends? In this major new study, succinct in its analysis but far-ranging in its scope, David Held examines changing responses to these questions from classical Athens to modern times. The context, nature and limits of each major development in democratic theory are explored. Among the-thinkers discussed are Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Wollstonecraft, Rousseau, Mill and Marx, as well as twentieth-century analysts of democracy including Weber, Dahl, Hayek and Macpherson. David Held concludes the book with an argument that seeks to move contemporary discussion beyond the seemingly endless juxtaposition of one classical position with another. He defends a conception of democracy that departs decisively from both the liberal and Marxist traditions. . (Verlagstext) / INHALT (Auszug) : . The public and the private The centrality of liberty -- The dangers of despotic power and an overgrown state Representative government The subordination of women -- Competing conceptions of the 'ends of government' In sum: model IIIb -- Direct Democracy and the End of Politics Class and class conflict -- History and evolution and the development of capitalism Two theories of the state The end of politics Competing conceptions of Marxism In sum: model IV -- CONTEMPORAR Y VARIANTS -- Competitive Elitism and the Technocratic Vision Classes, power and conflict Bureaucracy, parliaments and nation-states Competitive elitist democracy -- Liberal democracy at the crossroads The last vestige of democracy? Democracy, capitalism and socialism 'Classical' v. modern democracy A technocratic vision In sum: model V -- Pluralism, Corporate Capitalism and the State Group politics, governments and power Politics, consensus and the distribution of power Democracy, corporate capitalism and the state -- In sum: model VI -- Accumulation, legitimation and the restricted sphere of the political The changing form of representative institutions -- From Stability to Crisis? -- A legitimate democratic order or a representative regime? Overloaded state or legitimation crisis? Crisis theories: an assessment -- (u.v.a.) ISBN 0804713596 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 1214790