The rise and decline of modern democracy / Damien Kingsbury.
| Author/creator | Kingsbury, Damien |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First Edition. |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in global and transnational politics |
| Contents | Introduction -- Drivers of Political Change -- Ebb and Flow -- Challengers -- Compromise -- Decline -- The Radical Right -- The Future is Not Written -- Conclusion: With a Bang? |
| Abstract | "The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy assesses the rise of, subsequent political challenges to, and decline of, contemporary liberal democratic processes, in particular since the 'third wave' of democratisation from the 1990s. Democracy is in global decline. Fewer countries are democratic and fewer people, globally, live in substantive democracies. Autocracy is now the dominant political form and the future looks, at best, challenging for the retention of such democracies that remain. As they did a century ago, nationalism and populism have again reared their ugly heads, and more people are claiming that democracy no longer addresses their most compelling needs or interests. This book examines what democracy is and the circumstances that allowed - even encouraged - it to arise. Democracy has been a product of a need to find a political model that mediates between competing interests, building on conducive conditions. However, there have since been fundamental changes to those conditions, imbalances within democratic countries and between countries, that have diminished the strength of the democratic proposition. The question now arises as to whether democracy can continue as a matter of political will. Challengers to democracy, from the radical Right in developed countries to populist autocracy and state-centred authoritarianism in developing countries, have increasingly shown this may not be the case. Democracy may survive, as this book concludes, but is likely to do so only with more substantial and conscious commitment to the democratic project, with recognition of the need to replenish the fertility of the political soil in which democracy grows. This wide-ranging and empirically and theoretically rich book will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers of political science, international relations, history and democracy"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Kingsbury, Damien. Rise and decline of modern democracy First Edition. New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032217222 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022050506 |
| ISBN | 9781000863604 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003270133 (eBook) |
| ISBN | (Hardback) |
| ISBN | (Paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |