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Democracy and its crisis / Anthony C. Grayling.

By: Language: eng Publication details: London : Oneworld Publications, 2018.Description: 230 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781786074065
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 423  G783d 2018.
Summary: Prompted by events in recent years in the UK and the USA, in Latin America, Russia and the Middle East, A.C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to sustain themselves against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters. In each of five short chapters, he considers a moment in history in which the challenges we face today were first encountered, how they were overcome -- or not -- and with what consequences. With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place, yet it is this space that it must occupy, argues Grayling, if a civilized society, that looks after all its people, is to flourish.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JC 423 G783d 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000173507

Prompted by events in recent years in the UK and the USA, in Latin America, Russia and the Middle East, A.C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to sustain themselves against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters. In each of five short chapters, he considers a moment in history in which the challenges we face today were first encountered, how they were overcome -- or not -- and with what consequences. With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place, yet it is this space that it must occupy, argues Grayling, if a civilized society, that looks after all its people, is to flourish.

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