Democracy Disrupted The Politics of Global Protest Ivan Krastev
"Few people can question the conventional wisdom of democracy like
Ivan Krastev. "Democracy Disrupted" is his latest and most
interesting intervention."--George Soros "The worldwide protests of
2011-2013 may have happened 'everywhere, ' but did they go
anywhere? Ivan Krastev argues persuasively that this was ultimately
a revolution that wasn't."--Timothy Garton Ash, University of
Oxford "A must read."--Moises Naim, Carnegie Endowment and author
of "The End of Power" Since the financial meltdown of 2008,
political protests have spread around the world like chain
lightning, from the "Occupy" movements of the United States, Great
Britain, and Spain to more destabilizing forms of unrest in
Tunisia, Egypt, Russia, Thailand, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Ukraine. In
"Democracy Disrupted: The Politics of Global Protest," commentator
and political scientist Ivan Krastev proposes a provocative
interpretation of these popular uprisings--one with ominous
implications for the future of democratic politics. Challenging
theories that trace the protests to the rise of a global middle
class, Krastev proposes that the insurrections express a pervasive
distrust of democratic institutions. Protesters on the streets of
Moscow, Sofia, Istanbul, and Sao Paulo are openly suspicious of
both the market and the state. They reject established political
parties, question the motives of the mainstream media, refuse to
recognize the legitimacy of any specific leadership, and reject all
formal organizations. They have made clear what they don't
want--the status quo--but they have no positive vision of an
alternative future. Welcome to the worldwide libertarian
revolution, in which democracy is endlessly disrupted to no end
beyond the disruption itself. Ivan Krastev is Chairman of the
Centre for Liberal Strategies in Bulgaria and author of "In
Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our
Leaders?" May 2014 88 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ISBN 978-0-8122-2330-9
Paper $12.95t 8.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-9074-5 Ebook $9.95t 6.50 World
Rights Political Science Short copy: In "Democracy Disrupted,"
journalist and political scientist Ivan Krastev proposes a
provocative interpretation of the "Occupy" movements that have
surfaced in the United States, Great Britain, and Spain, as well as
the more destabilizing forms of unrest in Eastern Europe, the
Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
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