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The Democratic Imagination James Cairns

The Democratic Imagination By James Cairns

The Democratic Imagination by James Cairns


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The Democratic Imagination examines different conceptions of democracy, exploring tensions that emerge in key moments and debates in the history of democracy, from Ancient Greece to the French Revolution to contemporary Egypt.

The Democratic Imagination Summary

The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century by James Cairns

Democracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of the halls of political power and home to our daily lives, pitting official democracy and democracy from below against one another in a lively debate. For more information see www.democraticimagination.com.

The Democratic Imagination Reviews

Those who read this book will come away with their own thoughts on official democracy and democracy from below, especially since the authors engage on so many different topics. The goal is to cause readers to think deeply about these issues, and the book does this quite well. It can certainly be integrated into a wide variety of political science and sociology courses, too, because of the effectiveness of the book's overarching frame. -- American Review of Canadian Studies

About James Cairns

James Cairns is Associate Professor in the Contemporary Studies Department at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the co-author with Alan Sears of A Good Book, In Theory (third edition, 2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012). Alan Sears is Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University. He is the author of The New Left: A History of the Future (2014) and co-author with James Cairns of The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).

Table of Contents

List of Exercising Your Democratic Imagination Textboxes Acknowledgements 1. Democracy as an Open Question 2. Political, Social, and Economic Democracy 3. Citizenship and Inequality 4. There and Not There: Representation and Participation 5. Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Democracy, and the State 6. The Power of Knowing 7. Democracy and Body Politics 8. The Struggle Continues Glossary References Index

Additional information

GOR013549974
9781442605282
1442605286
The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century by James Cairns
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Toronto Press
20121015
224
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