Democracy Against Itself

Sustaining an Unsustainable Idea

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Why do some democracies self-destruct? Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as well as the uncertain fate of democratic rule in the United States and China today as illustrative examples, Mark Chou examines the conditions and characteristics of democracy that make it prone to self-destruct. In drawing out the political lessons from these past collapses, he explains how a democracy can, simply by being democratic, sow the seeds of its own destruction.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399565646

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Mark Chou is Lecturer in Politics in the Faculty of Education and Arts at Australian Catholic University. He is also the author of Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Politics (Bloomsbury: 2012).

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An enormously important book on politics and democracy. What makes it both interesting and brilliant reading is not Chou’s abandonment of democracy but his scorching analysis of how democracy is misrepresented – the perversions and swindles made in its name against its real promise. Read this book and you will never again take democracy for granted.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionDemocracy Against ItselfDemocracy in Athens: Autonomy, Tragedy and DeclineDemocide in Weimar: Militant Democracy and the Paradox of Self-DefenceThe Coming Authoritarianism: The State of America’s DemocracyChina’s New Authoritarianism: A Glimpse at Our Post-Democratic Future?Occupy Democracy: Democracy Against Itself and the Global Occupy MovementBibliographyIndex