What Is Democracy?

Alain Touraine

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In this sequel to A Critique of Modernity, Alain Touraine questions the social and cultural content of democracy today. At a time when state power is being increasingly eroded by the economic might of transnational capital, what possible value can we ascribe to a democratic idea that is defined merely as a set of guarantees against the totalitarian

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Book information

ISBN:	9780367313944
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	29 Aug 2019
DEWEY:	321.8
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	239
Weight:	474g
Height:	159mm
Width:	235mm
Spine width:	21mm