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Combining theory with compelling case studies, this book examines the globalizing world of democracy. Noted critical scholars Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George argue that democracy must be understood not as a unified concept but as a diversity of political responses to specific conditions and political struggles. Doing so reveals how democracy is taking multiple forms around the world in response to neoliberal globalism and to state control of everyday life. The authors show how the current phase of globalization is destabilizing the dominance of Western democracy promotion, as resisters challenge common understandings and forms of democracy.
List of contents
Introduction: One or Many Forms of Democracy?
Chapter 1: Democracy in Historical Context: Toward Heterodoxy
Chapter 2: Neoliberalism and Democracy: Debate, Conflict, and Contestation in the Current Era
Chapter 3: What Does Democracy Mean in the Neoliberal Era? The Case of Venezuela and "Bolivarian Democracy"
Chapter 4: Democracy as a Challenge to Neoliberalism: Heterodoxy in South Africa, India, and Russia
Chapter 5: Globalization and the Destabilization of Democracy
Chapter 6: New Democratic Subjects in Neoliberal Globalization
Selected Bibliography
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By Stephen J. Rosow and Jim George
