Democratic Failure : : NOMOS LXIII / / ed. by Melissa Schwartzberg, Daniel Viehoff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Darby, Derrick,; Dawood, Yasmin,; Fuerstein, Michael,; Huq, Aziz Z.,; Isiksel, Turkuler,; Kirshner, Alexander S.,; Mansbridge, Jane,; Mccall Rosenbluth, Frances,; Postema, Gerald J.,; Salas, Christian,; Schwartzberg, Melissa,; Shapiro, Ian,; Tushnet, Mark,; Viehoff, Daniel,
• HerausgeberIn: Schwartzberg, Melissa,; Viehoff, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 35
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; CONTRIBUTORS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I MUST DEMOCRACY FAIL? --; 1 DEMOCRACY AS FAILURE --; 2 FAILING DEMOCRACY --; 3 WHY NO GOOD, VERY BAD, ELITIST DEMOCRACY IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, NOT A FAILURE --; PART II FAILURES OF REPRESENTATION --; 4 REPRESENTATION FAILURE --; 5 DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND DEMOCRATIC FAILURE A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH --; 6 DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES AS EPISTEMIC INTERMEDIARIES --; 7 POLITICAL PARTIES AND PUBLIC POLICY --; PART III FAILURES OF KNOWLEDGE --; 8 DU BOIS’S DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY --; 9 PRETEXTUAL POLITICS AND DEMOCRATIC INCLUSION COMMENT ON DARBY --; 10 DEMOCRATIC REMEDIES IF IGNORANCE THREATENS DEMOCRACY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479804801; 9783110722703
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479804788.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Melissa Schwartzberg, Daniel Viehoff.

Explores the challenges facing democracies in the twenty-first centuryIn Democratic Failure, Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff bring together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars in political science, law, and philosophy to explore the key questions and challenges facing democracies, both in the past and present, around the world.In ten timely essays, contributors examine the fascinating, centuries-old question of whether or not democracy can ever fulfill the promise of its ideals. Together, they explore lessons from the history of democracy, various failures of democratic representation, and more. Ultimately, this latest installment of the NOMOS series provides thought-provoking insights into how we conceptualize, measure, and address democratic erosion in our present-day world.