Democracy: Problems and Perspectives

by Roland Axtmann

Book Overview

Democracy: Problems and Perspectives provides a critical review of the scholarly and political debates about democratic thought and of arguments about democratic practice. On the basis of an interpretation of Immanuel Kant's political philosophy, the book presents democracy as a regime type in which citizens, who are united to give law, rule themselves and where such self-rule is exercised by citizens who embrace local and global patriotism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748620109
• ISBN13: 9780748620104
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher