Sharing Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sharing Democracy write by Michaele L. Ferguson. This book was released on 2012-10-03. Sharing Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is frequently assumed that the "people" must have something in common or else democracy will fail. This assumption that democracy requires commonality - such as a shared nationality, a common culture, or consensus on a core set of values - sets theorists and political actors alike on a futile search for what we have in common, and it generates misplaced anxiety when it turns out that this commonality is not forthcoming. In Sharing Democracy, Michaele Ferguson argues that this preoccupation with commonality misdirects our attention toward what we share and away from how we share in democracy. This produces an ironically anti-democratic tendency to emphasize the passive possession of commonality at the expense of promoting the active exercise of political freedom. Ferguson counteracts this tendency by exposing the reasons for the persistent allure of the common. She offers in its stead a radical vision of democracy grounded in political freedom: the capacity of ordinary people to make and remake the world in which they live. This vision of democracy is exemplified in protest marches: cacophonous, unpredictable, and self-authorizing collective enactments of our world-building freedom. Ferguson develops her radical vision of democracy by drawing on Hannah Arendt's account of how we share a world in common with others, Ludwig Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language, and Linda Zerilli's critique of the essentialist/anti-essentialist debates in feminist theory. She juxtaposes critical readings of democratic theorists with readings of authors in related fields, such as Benedict Anderson, Robert Putnam, and Charles Taylor. Her theoretical argument is illustrated and informed by interpretations of political events, including the Arab Spring, the integration of Little Rock High School, debates over Quebec secession, immigrant rights protests in the US in 2006, and the Occupy movement.
Power Sharing and Democracy in Post-Civil War States
Power Sharing and Democracy in Post-Civil War States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power Sharing and Democracy in Post-Civil War States write by Caroline A. Hartzell. This book was released on 2020-06-11. Power Sharing and Democracy in Post-Civil War States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides empirical evidence that power-sharing measures used to end civil wars can help facilitate a transition to minimalist democracy.
Driving Democracy
Driving Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Driving Democracy write by Pippa Norris. This book was released on 2008-08-01. Driving Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Proposals for power-sharing constitutions remain controversial, as highlighted by current debates in Iraq, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Sudan. This book updates and refines the theory of consociationalism, taking account of the flood of contemporary innovations in power-sharing institutions that have occurred worldwide. The book classifies and compares four types of political institutions: the electoral system, parliamentary or presidential executives, unitary or federal states, and the structure and independence of the mass media. The study tests the potential advantages and disadvantages of each of these institutions for democratic governance. Cross-national time-series data concerning trends in democracy are analyzed for all countries worldwide since the early 1970s. Chapters are enriched by comparing detailed case studies. The mixed-method research design illuminates the underlying causal mechanisms by examining historical developments and processes of institutional change within particular nations and regions. The conclusion draws together the results and the practical lessons for policymakers.
From Power Sharing to Democracy
From Power Sharing to Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Power Sharing to Democracy write by Sidney John Roderick Noel. This book was released on 2005. From Power Sharing to Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the problems of prospects of achieving sustainable democracy through power sharing political institutions in societies that have been torn by ethnic conflict. It combines theoretical and comparative essays with a wide range of case studies.
Social Media and Democracy
Social Media and Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Media and Democracy write by Nathaniel Persily. This book was released on 2020-09-03. Social Media and Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.
