Why Democracies Flounder and Fail: Remedying Mass Society Politics

by Michael Haas

Book Overview

Democracy is in crisis because voices of the people are ignored due to a politics of mass society. After demonstrating how the French Fourth Republic failed, wherein Singapore's totalitarianism is a dangerous model, Washington is enmeshed in gridlock, and there is a global democracy deficit, solutions are offered to revitalize democracy as the best form of government. The book demonstrates how mass society politics operates, with intermediate institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030089126
• ISBN13: 9783030089122
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 523 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"