Polity: Demystifying Democracy in Latin America and Beyond

by Joe Foweraker

Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible with stark social inequalities? Why are so many democratic governments deemed unaccountable and beset by populist pressures? Perhaps most fundamentally, why does democratic theory have no answers to these questions? Foweraker argues that finding answers requires a root-and-branch revision of our thinking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162637693X
• ISBN13: 9781626376939
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"