Theorising Democide

Why and How Democracies Fail
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-29868-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

Reihe: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy

Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chou, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Constituted to Fail: Democracy and its Self-Negation 2. Exogenous Breakdown: The Institutional, Socioeconomic and Political Causes of Democratic Termination 3. Endogenous Breakdown: The Conditions and Characteristics of Democracies which Self-Destruct 4. Towards a Theory of Democide

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Chou is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Australian Catholic University. His first book, , was published in 2012.