Conversations with Tocqueville The Global Democratic Revolution in the Twenty-First Century |
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Editor:
| Craiutu, Aurelian Gellar, Sheldon |
Contribution by:
| Craiutu, Aurelian Ostrom, Elinor Allen, Barbara Reilly, Charles A. de Anda, Gustavo Gordillo Andersson, Krister Fransen, Frederic Rutland, Peter Wunsch, James S. Myint, Tun Wang, Jianxun Matsumoto, Reiji |
Foreword by:
| Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom, Vincent |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-2302-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $67.95 |
Book Description:
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In this book, the collected writers argue that Tocquevillian analytics can be used to understand developments in non-Western as well as Western societies and can be updated to address such issues as globalization, ethnicity, and New WorldDOld World and EastDWest dynamics. This cross-disciplinary book brings together fourteen authors from three continents whose reflections on the prospects for democracy invite us to reconsider the virtues and limitations of democratic institutions and...
More DescriptionIn this book, the collected writers argue that Tocquevillian analytics can be used to understand developments in non-Western as well as Western societies and can be updated to address such issues as globalization, ethnicity, and New WorldDOld World and EastDWest dynamics. This cross-disciplinary book brings together fourteen authors from three continents whose reflections on the prospects for democracy invite us to reconsider the virtues and limitations of democratic institutions and principles across the world.