Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone / Astra Taylor.
Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone / Astra Taylor.
Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone / Astra Taylor.
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Publisher
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2798
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 357 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Living in the tension -- Free to be winners and losers (freedom/equality) -- Shouting as one (conflict/consensus) -- Reinventing the people (inclusion/exclusion) -- Choose this, or else! (coercion/choice) -- Is this what democracy looks like? (spontaneity/structure) -- A Socratic mob (...
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Publisher
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"What is democracy, really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a 'New Civil Rights Leader' by the Los Angeles Times, provides surprising answers. There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of plutocrats in the White House to gerrym...
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Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone / Astra Taylor.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-339) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/2798
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74VKVxvezO0d
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ISBN
125017984X hardcover
9781250179845 hardcover
DDC
321.8
MMS ID
991024245917402626
