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"John Keane's The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: can we really be sure that democracy had its origins in ancient Greece? How did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling that a bad moon is rising over all the world's democracies? Do they indeed have a future? Or is perhaps democracy fated to melt away, along with our polar ice caps? [...] Stylishly written, this superb book confronts its readers with an entirely fresh and irreverent look at the past, present and future of democracy [...] It tracks the changing, hotly disputed meanings of democracy and describes quite a few of the extraordinary characters, many of them long forgotten, who dedicated their lives to building or defending democracy." -- Book jacket.

Political systems --- Democracy --- Democracy. --- Démocratie --- History. --- Histoire --- World politics. --- Démocratie

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Economic sociology --- Political sociology --- Bureaucracy. --- Democracy. --- Socialism. --- Socialisme / et démocratie. --- Socialisme / en democratie.

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Political systems --- Mass communications --- 316.774.16 --- 32.019.51 --- #SBIB:309H1015 --- #SBIB:324H30 --- #SBIB:031.GIFTCOM --- Massamedia: maatschappelijk, politiek, ideologisch, ethisch, juridisch, socio-cultureel--(communicatiesociologie) --- Massacommunicatie. Opinievorming. Politieke beinvloeding. Politieke manipulatie. Propaganda --- Media: politieke, juridische, ethische, ideologische aspecten (incl. privacy) --- Politieke cultuur --- 32.019.51 Massacommunicatie. Opinievorming. Politieke beinvloeding. Politieke manipulatie. Propaganda --- 316.774.16 Massamedia: maatschappelijk, politiek, ideologisch, ethisch, juridisch, socio-cultureel--(communicatiesociologie) --- Information, Théorie de l'

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Socialism --- Social control --- Democracy --- Civil society --- Europe --- Politics and government --- 321.01 --- #SBIB:324H20 --- #SBIB:321H30 --- Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Hedendaagse politieke en sociale theorieën (vanaf de 19de eeuw): algemeen (incl. utilitarisme, burgerschap) --- 321.01 Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- Social conflict --- Sociology --- Liberty --- Pressure groups --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Social contract --- Socialism - Europe --- Europe - Politics and government - 1945 --- -Civil society

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John Keane, a leading scholar of political theory, tracks the recent development of a big idea with fresh potency - global civil society. In this timely book, Keane explores the contradictory forces currently nurturing or threatening its growth, and he shows how talk of global civil society implies a political vision of a less violent world, founded on legally sanctioned power-sharing arrangements among different and intermingling forms of socio-economic life. Keane's reflections are pitted against the widespread feeling that the world is both too complex and too violent to deserve serious reflection. His account borrows from various scholarly disciplines, including political science and international relations, to challenge the silence and confusion within much of contemporary literature on globalisation and global governance. Against fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and loose talk of 'anti-globalisation', the defence of global civil society mounted here implies the need for new democratic ways of living.

#A0309PSA --- Community organization --- Civil society --- Globalization --- International relations --- Political aspects --- Civil society. --- International relations. --- Political aspects. --- 241 Hedendaagse wereldproblemen --- Globalisering --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- Anti-globalization movement --- Social contract --- Mondialisation --- Société civile --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Globalization - Political aspects --- Relations internationales