UID:
almahu_9949641706202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003187509
,
1003187501
,
9781003829041
,
100382904X
,
9781003829089
,
1003829082
Series Statement:
Democratization and autocratization studies
Content:
"This insightful text rigorously examines and accounts for contemporary developments - and crucially a reversal of 'democraticness' - in democratic polities and related political processes comparing 38 democracies across the world. The focus is on contemporary developments and recent volatile levels of democraticness. Democracies in Peril? introduces theoretical backgrounds of what makes democracy tick and scrutinizes empirical trends and development in 'democraticness' in an accessible manner. It explores what 'democracy' as a political regime implies and how the liberal democratic model developed, as well as examining the present state of affairs in democracies, the challenges democracies encounter and the perils of democracy as a legitimate system of governance in the 21st century. The book provides a 'systemic' approach to adjudicate the effects of this assumed reversal in democratization in terms of popular preferences, party behaviour, institutional architecture and policy performance. The effects of public policy formation and the role of the state on actual democratic performance are also analysed. Finally, case studies on the Covid pandemic and the development of social welfare demonstrate the complex relationship between government capacities - under pressure - and the quality of democracy, approaching the question: How do 38 democratic states cope with societal problems, populist tendencies and a fast-changing world without degrading their institutional quality and legitimacy? This text will be of key interest to students, scholars, journalists and interested readers of comparative politics, democratization, public administration, political economy, constitutional law, and the social sciences in general"--
Note:
Prologue: Dsemocracy in the 21st century -- Reversing trends in 'democraticness' -- Comparative political science and the study of democracy -- Thinking about democracy : the origins of the liberal model -- Designing liberal democracy : institutionalizing the polity -- Towards universal suffrage and representation of the people -- Who governs at the end of the day in a democracy? -- Polyarchy and pluralism : waves of democratization -- Consensus democracy : the alternative to polyarchy? -- Parties and democracy : does politics matter? -- Ranking the stars of democraticness -- The limits of the liberal democratic model -- Signs of backsliding : illiberalism and populism -- Macro-politics and micro-performance of the 'state' -- Liberal democracy, legitimacy and stateness : micro performance -- Legitimacy and the liberal democratic state in the 21st century -- Epilogue: backsliding into the 21st century: outmoded or viable and resilient?
Additional Edition:
Print version: Keman, Hans. Democracies in peril? Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032029900
Language:
English
Keywords:
History
DOI:
10.4324/9781003187509
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003187509
