The Garden of Democratic Delights: For a Psycho-Emotional Reading of Pluralist Systems

by Philippe Braud

Pluralist democratic systems, according to Philipe Braud, do not do what they claim to do, but rather, serve to channel, diffuse, or reconcile society's conflicts. As one reviewer of the original French edition notes, the book can be seen as part of a long tradition in European political thought that sees democracy as a front for capitalism.

Braud asserts that pluralist democracy is credible only because of the complete failure of communism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275957489
• ISBN13: 9780275957483
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"