Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the People: The Betrayal of an IdealLexington Books, 2005 - 226 Seiten Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the People: The Betrayal of an Ideal argues that the conception of democracy that prevails in the general consciousness of the contemporary world is a distorted version of the 'original' idea of democracy. An important component of democracy in its original formulation was the ideal of the citizens' direct participation in the legislative and political decision-making process, yet modern representative governments frequently disregard this fundamental component. While often justified by claims of impracticality, Majid Behrouzi sets up the case for a return to the ideal of direct democracy. Offering a short conceptual history of the idea of democracy, this book aims to provide an account of the efforts and the relevant historical and theoretical developments that have contributed to the 'perversion' of the original idea of democracy, ultimately retrieving the idea of the direct, deliberative, and equal participation of all citizens in political decision-making. Together with its companion volume, Democracy as the Political Empowerment of the Citizen: Direct-Deliberative e-Democracy, this book is essential to scholars interested in the evolution of modern democracy and the future of politics. |
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... rule by the people . " An important component of democracy in its original formulation was the ideal of the citizens ' direct participation in the legislative and political decision- making process . The modern representative ...
... rule by the people . " An important component of democracy in its original formulation was the ideal of the citizens ' direct participation in the legislative and political decision- making process . The modern representative ...
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... rules " and a " free method " that guide the ex- pansion of free - markets and cast an aura of legitimacy on the ... rule by the people , as it flourished in the golden age of ancient Athens , and then goes on to compare this idea ...
... rules " and a " free method " that guide the ex- pansion of free - markets and cast an aura of legitimacy on the ... rule by the people , as it flourished in the golden age of ancient Athens , and then goes on to compare this idea ...
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... rule by the ( entire ) people " or " power to the people " gradually degenerated to " rule only by the common people or the poor . " On the one hand , this degeneration took place consciously under the aegis of the rich in an attempt to ...
... rule by the ( entire ) people " or " power to the people " gradually degenerated to " rule only by the common people or the poor . " On the one hand , this degeneration took place consciously under the aegis of the rich in an attempt to ...
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... rule , to the advantage of the wealthy classes ( and other moneyed or well - organized interest groups ) who manipu- late or control the state for their own strategic purposes . These two problems consti- tute the main democratic ...
... rule , to the advantage of the wealthy classes ( and other moneyed or well - organized interest groups ) who manipu- late or control the state for their own strategic purposes . These two problems consti- tute the main democratic ...
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The Original Idea of Democracy | 9 |
Macpherson and the Idea of Democracy as a Class Affair | 19 |
Rousseau and the Idea of the Sovereignty of the General Will | 31 |
The Marxian Idea of Democracy The Ideal and the Real | 47 |
Bolshevism and the Idea of Proletarian Democracy | 55 |
Concluding Remarks to Part I | 67 |
The Case of the Liberal State and Liberal Democracy | 73 |
Liberalism and the Rise of the Liberal State | 75 |
Concluding Remarks to Part II | 145 |
The Case of the Late Liberal Democracy | 147 |
The Late LiberalDemocratic State Crisis of Representative Democracy | 149 |
Theories of Participatory Democracy | 165 |
Theories of Deliberative Democracy | 175 |
Concluding Remarks to Part III | 191 |
Conclusion | 195 |
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The Liberal State and the Idea of Representative Government | 81 |
The Rise of the LiberalDemocratic State | 101 |
Schumpeter and the LiberalDemocratic Conception of Democracy | 119 |
Justifying Representative Government | 137 |
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