Globalizing Democracy: Power, Legitimacy and the Interpretation of Democratic Ideas (2nd Ed.)

by Katherine Fierlbeck

Book Overview

This new edition examines some of the philosophical and theoretical issues underlying the 'democratic project' which increasingly dominates the fields of comparative development and international relations. The first concern presented here is normative and epistemological: as democracy becomes more widely accepted as the political currency of legitimacy, the more broadly it is defined. But as agreement decreases regarding the definition of democracy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719076390
• ISBN13: 9780719076398
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"