Democratic Civility

Name: Democratic Civility
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By Robert Hefner

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Democratic Civility examines the core requirements necessary to make democracy work. Subtly interweaving case studies and theoretical reflection, Hefner et al. examine the ideals, culture, development, and organization of civil democracy. Against a historical background, they consider today's challenges to democracy, asking whether international politics will lead to a clash of civilizations, or whether civil and democratic ideas are realizable in a multicultural world. Essays by Adam B. Seligman, Robert Wuthnow, Brigitte Berger, and Anton C. Zijderveld address subjects germane to the "culture wars" controversy in Western countries. Daniel Chirot, Jose Casanova, Robert P. Weller, and S. Gordon Redding examine the prospects for democracy in non-Western, post-communist societies, in particular Chinese society and the Muslim world. Hefner's highly readable volume reaches the core of the ongoing debate between Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and Francis Fukuyama's The End of History -- whether liberal democratic values are generalizable to non-Western societies, or realizable only in the West.

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Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 342
Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Date:: 1998-02-28
ISBN / EAN:: 9781560003649
Weight:: 647 g
Dimensions:: 16/24/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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