Democracies in peril? : waves of backsliding / Hans Keman.
2024
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Title
Democracies in peril? : waves of backsliding / Hans Keman.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Description
1 online resource.
Series
Democratization and autocratization studies.
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue: Dsemocracy in the 21st century
Reversing trends in 'democraticness'
Comparative political science and the study of democracy
Thinking about democracy : the origins of the liberal model
Designing liberal democracy : institutionalizing the polity
Towards universal suffrage and representation of the people
Who governs at the end of the day in a democracy?
Polyarchy and pluralism : waves of democratization
Consensus democracy : the alternative to polyarchy?
Parties and democracy : does politics matter?
Ranking the stars of democraticness
The limits of the liberal democratic model
Signs of backsliding : illiberalism and populism
Macro-politics and micro-performance of the 'state'
Liberal democracy, legitimacy and stateness : micro performance
Legitimacy and the liberal democratic state in the 21st century
Epilogue: backsliding into the 21st century: outmoded or viable and resilient?
Reversing trends in 'democraticness'
Comparative political science and the study of democracy
Thinking about democracy : the origins of the liberal model
Designing liberal democracy : institutionalizing the polity
Towards universal suffrage and representation of the people
Who governs at the end of the day in a democracy?
Polyarchy and pluralism : waves of democratization
Consensus democracy : the alternative to polyarchy?
Parties and democracy : does politics matter?
Ranking the stars of democraticness
The limits of the liberal democratic model
Signs of backsliding : illiberalism and populism
Macro-politics and micro-performance of the 'state'
Liberal democracy, legitimacy and stateness : micro performance
Legitimacy and the liberal democratic state in the 21st century
Epilogue: backsliding into the 21st century: outmoded or viable and resilient?
Summary
"This insightful text rigorously examines and accounts for contemporary developments - and crucially a reversal of 'democraticness' - in democratic polities and related political processes comparing 38 democracies across the world. The focus is on contemporary developments and recent volatile levels of democraticness. Democracies in Peril? introduces theoretical backgrounds of what makes democracy tick and scrutinizes empirical trends and development in 'democraticness' in an accessible manner. It explores what 'democracy' as a political regime implies and how the liberal democratic model developed, as well as examining the present state of affairs in democracies, the challenges democracies encounter and the perils of democracy as a legitimate system of governance in the 21st century. The book provides a 'systemic' approach to adjudicate the effects of this assumed reversal in democratization in terms of popular preferences, party behaviour, institutional architecture and policy performance. The effects of public policy formation and the role of the state on actual democratic performance are also analysed. Finally, case studies on the Covid pandemic and the development of social welfare demonstrate the complex relationship between government capacities - under pressure - and the quality of democracy, approaching the question: How do 38 democratic states cope with societal problems, populist tendencies and a fast-changing world without degrading their institutional quality and legitimacy? This text will be of key interest to students, scholars, journalists and interested readers of comparative politics, democratization, public administration, political economy, constitutional law, and the social sciences in general"-- Provided by publisher.
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Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9781003187509 (ebook)
1003187501
9781003829041 (electronic book : PDF)
100382904X (electronic book : PDF)
9781003829089 (electronic book : EPUB)
1003829082 (electronic book : EPUB)
9781032029900 (hardback)
9781032029887 (paperback)
1003187501
9781003829041 (electronic book : PDF)
100382904X (electronic book : PDF)
9781003829089 (electronic book : EPUB)
1003829082 (electronic book : EPUB)
9781032029900 (hardback)
9781032029887 (paperback)
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