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The struggle for democracy : paradoxes of progress and the politics of change / Christopher Meckstroth.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190213947 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Democracy
| DemocratizationAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780190213923DDC classification: 321.8 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: When political factions compete over the right to act in the 'people's' name, who is to decide? This problem was left unresolved by the great seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theorists of popular sovereignty and their critics, and it is little closer to being solved today. This book defends a new democratic theory that finally provides an answer. It argues that familiar attempts to define democracy in terms of timeless principles or institutions can only fall into paradox when faced with struggles over democratic founding and change.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When political factions compete over the right to act in the 'people's' name, who is to decide? This problem was left unresolved by the great seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theorists of popular sovereignty and their critics, and it is little closer to being solved today. This book defends a new democratic theory that finally provides an answer. It argues that familiar attempts to define democracy in terms of timeless principles or institutions can only fall into paradox when faced with struggles over democratic founding and change.
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