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Political Science Human Rights

Envisioning Democracy

New Essays after Sheldon Wolin's Political Thought

edited by Terry Maley & John R. Wallach

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2023
Category
Human Rights, General, Political
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487565602
    Publish Date
    Mar 2023
    List Price
    $89.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487554040
    Publish Date
    Feb 2023
    List Price
    $89.95

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Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "democracy." Leaders of large states use "democracy" to designate their nations’ public character even as critics and rivals use the term to validate their own political perspectives. In Envisioning Democracy, the editors and contributors address the following questions: What does democracy mean today? What could it mean tomorrow? What is the dynamic of democracy in an increasingly interdependent world?

 

Envisioning Democracy explores these questions amid the dynamic of democracy as a political phenomenon interacting with forms of economic, ethical, ethnic, and intellectual life. The book draws on the work of Sheldon S. Wolin (1922–2015), one of the most influential American theorists of the last fifty years. Here, scholars consider the historical conditions, theoretical elements, and practical impediments to democracy, using Wolin’s insights as touchstones in thinking through the possibilities and obstacles facing democracy now and in the future.

About the authors

 

Terry Maley teaches critical and radical democratic theory and politics in the Political Science Department at York University.

 

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John R. Wallach is a retired professor of political science at Hunter College & The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

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