Theorising Democide - Why and How Democracies Fail

Informationen zum Autor Mark Chou is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Australian Catholic University. His first book, Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Democracy , was published in 2012. Klappentext Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself. To come. Zusammenfassung Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall! The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Constituted to Fail: Democracy and its Self-Negation 2. Exogenous Breakdown: The Institutional, Socioeconomic and Political Causes of Democratic Termination 3. Endogenous Breakdown: The Conditions and Characteristics of Democracies which Self-Destruct 4. Towards a Theory of Democide

About the author

Mark Chou is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Australian Catholic University. His first book, Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Democracy, was published in 2012.

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• Authors: M Chou, M. Chou, Mark Chou, Chou M
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2013
• EAN: 9781137298683
• ISBN: 978-1-137-29868-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy; Theories and Concepts of Democ; The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy; Theories and Concepts of Democ; Theories, Concepts and Practic
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; C, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, social and political philosophy, Public Administration, Public Policy, Economic development, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Development Studies, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Comparative government, Political planning, Political science—Philosophy, democracy;Institution;logic