The dialectic of democracy: modernization, emancipation and the great regression
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In some of the most established and supposedly immutable liberal democracies, diverse social groups are losing confidence not only in established democratic institutions, but also in the idea of liberal....Abstract:
In some of the most established and supposedly immutable liberal democracies, diverse social groups are losing confidence not only in established democratic institutions, but in the idea of liberal...read more
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Democracy and Its Critics
TL;DR: The course is focused on historical texts, most of them philosophical as discussed by the authors, and context for understanding the texts and the course of democratic development will be provided in lecture and discussions, and by some background readings (Dunn).
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Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age
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Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age
TL;DR: In the context of a post-traditional order, the self becomes a reflexive project as mentioned in this paper, which is not a term which has much applicability to traditional cultures, because it implies choice within plurality of possible options, and is 'adopted' rather than 'handed down'.
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The Theory of Communicative Action
Jürgen Habermas,Thomas McCarthy +1 more
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Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy
TL;DR: The conditions associated with the existence and stability of democratic society have been a leading concern of political philosophy as discussed by the authors, and the problem is attacked from a sociological and behavioral standpoint, by presenting a number of hypotheses concerning some social requisites for democracy, and by discussing some of the data available to test these hypotheses.
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Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies
TL;DR: The 1990 WVS Questionnaire was used by as mentioned in this paper for the ICPSR Questionnaire, with variable numbers of items used in Table 1 and Table 2... Table 1.