Democracy under Threat - A Crisis of Legitimacy? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time: Is democracy threatened by globalisation? Is there a legitimacy crisis in contemporary democracies? Is the welfare state in individual countries under pressure from global trends? What are the implications of high-level migration and rising populism for democracy? Does authoritarianism pose a challenge? The volume builds on a cross-cultural study of democracy conducted by the Transformation Research Unit (TRU) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa for nearly twenty years. Three of the countries studied - South Africa, Turkey and Poland - receive individual attention as their respective democracies appear to be the most vulnerable at present. Germany, Sweden, Chile, South Korea and Taiwan are assessed in their regional contexts. Further insights are gained by examining the impact on democracy of the global screen culture of Television and the Internet, and by pointing out the lessons democracy should learn from diplomacy to fare better in the future. The book will appeal to both students and practitioners of democracy as well as the general reader.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2019
Editors:	Ursula Van Beek
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-89452-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	3-319-89452-8
Barcode:	9783319894522

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