ISBN:
9780300228922
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 158 Seiten
,
22 cm
Series Statement:
Politics and culture
DDC:
320.973
Keywords:
Politics, Practical
;
Democracy
;
Politische Kultur
;
Politische Einstellung
;
Populismus
;
Bedrohungsvorstellung
;
Pluralismus
;
Demokratie
;
Liberalismus
;
Gefährdung
;
Politisches Verhalten
;
United States Politics and government 2017-
;
Westliche Welt
;
USA
;
USA
;
Politik
;
Demokratie
;
Liberalismus
;
Gefährdung
;
Europa
;
Populismus
;
Liberalismus
;
USA
;
Liberalismus
;
Populismus
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by James Davison Hunter and John M. Owen IV -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION Challenges to Liberal Democracy -- ONE Democratic Erosion and Political Convergence -- TWO Liberal Democracy in Theory -- THREE The Populist Challenge -- FOUR The European Project and Its Enemies (with Clara J. Hendrickson) -- FIVE Is Democracy at Risk in the United States? -- SIX Liberal Democracy in America What Is to Be Done? -- SEVEN Democratic Leadership -- EIGHT The Incompleteness of Liberal Democracy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y
Abstract:
The Great Recession, institutional dysfunction, a growing divide between urban and rural prospects, and failed efforts to effectively address immigration have paved the way for a populist backlash that disrupts the postwar bargain between political elites and citizens. Whether today’s populism represents a corrective to unfair and obsolete policies or a threat to liberal democracy itself remains up for debate. Yet this much is clear: these challenges indict the triumphalism that accompanied liberal democratic consolidation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. To respond to today’s crisis, good leaders must strive for inclusive economic growth while addressing fraught social and cultural issues, including demographic anxiety, with frank attention. Although reforms may stem the populist tide, liberal democratic life will always leave some citizens unsatisfied. This is a permanent source of vulnerability, but liberal democracy will endure so long as citizens believe it is worth fighting for.
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