Democratic Multiplicity: Perceiving, Enacting, and Integrating Democratic Diversity

This edited volume argues that democracy is broader and more diverse than the dominant state-centered, modern representative democracies, to which other modes of democracy are either presumed subordinate or ignored. The contributors seek to overcome the standard opposition of democracy from below (participatory) and democracy from above (representative). Rather, they argue that through differently situated participatory and representative practices, citizens and governments can develop democratic ways of cooperating without hegemony and subordination, and that these relationships can be transformative. This work proposes a slow but sure, nonviolent, eco-social and sustainable process of democratic generation and growth with the capacity to critique and transform unjust and ecologically destructive social systems. This volume integrates human-centric democracies into a more mutual, interdependent and sustainable system on earth whereby everyone gains.

Author: James Tully
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/04/2022
Pages: 458
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781009178365
ISBN10: 1009178369
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General