This volume offers a comprehensive overview of current debates
about democracy across the globe. Since the political turmoil in
Eastern Europe began in the 1980's, the debate about the meaning
and future of democracy has intensified. "Prospects for Democracy"
assesses this debate through wide-ranging theoretical
considerations and a diverse set of case studies.
The volume begins with a major overview of the concept of
democracy, from ancient city states to contemporary discussion
about the possibility of international democracy. In the next
section a series of contemporary models of democracy are examined
and their strengths and limits explored. The third section
confronts a wide variety of questions about the proper form and
scope of democratic politics. In the final part, the context and
prospects of democracy are investigated across many of the worlds
major regions including Western and Eastern Europe, North America,
Latin America, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
This volume will be widely welcomes by all those, academics and
non-academics alike, who have an interest in the meaning and future
of democracy as we approach the 21st Century.
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