{"product_id":"democracies-in-peril-9781032029887","title":"Democracies in Peril","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis insightful text rigorously examines and accounts for contemporary developments  and crucially a reversal of democraticness  in democratic polities and related political processes comparing 38 democracies across the world. The focus is on contemporary developments and recent volatile levels of democraticness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracies in Peril? introduces theoretical backgrounds of what makes democracy tick and scrutinises empirical trends and development in democraticness in an accessible manner. It explores what democracy as a political regime implies and how the liberal democratic model developed, as well as examining the present state of affairs in democracies, the challenges democracies encounter and the perils of democracy as a legitimate system of governance in the 21st century. The book provides a systemic approach to adjudicate the effects of this assumed reversal in democratisation in terms of popular preferences, party behaviour, institutional architecture and policy p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Democracies in Peril\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eproceeds with the evenhandedness of a diplomat and the incisive analytical insight of a superbly informed scholar. In it Hans Keman explains the value of democracy, with all its limitations, and how the rising menaces of anti-pluralism and populism are slowly derailing liberal democratic practices from within. All who care to understand what is at stake—and we all should—will gain a clear-eyed appreciation of the stakes by pondering the ideas Keman puts on offer.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a thoughtful and realistic account of the much discussed crisis of democracies today making us to understand their weaknesses and defects with ensuing diminishing policy performance and a loss of trust in government. The comprehensive analysis of democracies allows the author to suggest ways out of the current legitimacy crisis by making proposals for building higher levels of confidence in the democratic system. The book sets new standards in the discussion on the democratic backlash. A must read!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDietmar Braun\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of Political Science, University of Lausanne, Switzerland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of tables \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of boxes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Prologue: democracy in the 21st century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 Democracies in peril: backsliding and de-democratisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2 The concept of democraticness: proto-types \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.3 Levels of democraticness: the yard-stick for comparison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.4 The storyline as a “road trip”: democratisation and political decay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.5 Value-free and value-related knowledge: a realist position \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudying democracy: detecting flaws, defects and perils \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Reversing trends in “democraticness” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2.1 Democracy in peril? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2.2 Are “full” democracies indeed reverting? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3 Full democracies in contrast to flawed and defective democracies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4 Perilous developments: potential reasons and questions to ask \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Comparative political science and the study of democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e3.1 The academic debate: room for improvement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2 Omissions in the study of democratic politics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3 Comparing democratic states: full, flawed and defective polities \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Thinking about democracy: the origins of the liberal model \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1 From ideas to design \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.2 The enlightenment and the concept of the democratic state \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.3 John Stuart Mill and liberal democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.4 The roots of liberal democracy laid out: still work in progress \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePathways towards liberal Democratisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Designing liberal democracy: institutionalising the polity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.1 Constitutional trajectories toward “representative” governance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.2 Missing dimensions, institutional progress and constraints\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.3 The shaping of the polity towards liberal democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.4 Considerations on the road to liberal democratisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Towards universal suffrage and representation of the people \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e6.1 Electoral inclusiveness and fair \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erepresentation \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e6.2 Finding the optimal solution to fair and effective \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erepresentation \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.3 The effects of electoral systems: inclusiveness and pluriform representation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.4 Institutional engineering: the choice of an optimal electoral system \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Who governs at the end of the day in a democracy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.1 Power distribution and indirect democracy: inevitable or containable?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2 Democracy and selected leadership: the role of political elites \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.3 Indirect democracy: selecting accountable leadership \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.4 Elitism versus pluralism: power concentration or dispersion? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.5 The scope and limits of liberal democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary approaches to the development of democracy 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Polyarchy and pluralism: waves of democratisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1 Polyarchy: the route to “full” democracy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.2 Pathways of democratisation: sequences towards polyarchy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.3 Waves of democratisation: path dependencies and critical junctures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.4 The second wave of democratisation and reversal (1920–1939) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.5 Post-war waves towards polyarchy and beyond \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.6 Conceptual considerations on polyarchy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Consensus democracy: the alternative to polyarchy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.1 Cleavage theory and the coming about of consensus democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.2 Institutional engineering a peaceful polity: consensus democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.3 Consensus democracy and a better and kinder society \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.4 Considerations on the theory of consensus democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Parties and democracy: does politics matter? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.1 Politics – polity – policy and democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.2 Complexities of democracy: political parties and policy performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.3 Electoral politics and parties in competition and government \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.4 To what extent does democratic politics matter? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe liberal model as a yardstick of full democracy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Ranking the stars of democraticness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.1 The end of history or political decay? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.2 Liberal democracy: the paradigm to follow? Ranking the stars \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.3 The state of democracy in the 21st century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.4 Towards fuller democracies or the end of the liberal model? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 The limits of the liberal democratic model \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.1 From liberal to full democracy? Variations of democraticness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.2 The paradigm of liberal democracy contested: toward a fuller democracy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.3 Challenging liberal democracy: reforming the system \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.4 The state of the liberal model: embeddedness or moving away? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.5 The limits to liberal democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Signs of backsliding: illiberalism and populism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e13.1 “Illiberalism” and “anti-pluralism” and the level \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eof democraticness \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e13.2 Anti-pluralism and the impact of populism \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.3 The growth of anti-democratic tendencies: illiberalism and populism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.4 Backsliding towards defective democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiberal democracy, the national state and governing society \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Macro-politics and micro-performance of the “state” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.1 The problem-solving capability of the democratic state \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.2 Public policy formation: political choice and policy performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.3 Trust is hard to gain but easy to lose: output legitimacy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Liberal democracy, legitimacy and stateness: micro performance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.1 Democratic politics, public policy and societal performance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.2 The crisis-solving capacity of democratic state: coping with a pandemic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.3 Avoiding misery, inequalities and the pursuit of happiness? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.4 The democratic advantage and effective stateness as a sine qua non \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Legitimacy and the liberal democratic state in the 21st century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e16.1 Democracy and the state: entering a new \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e16.2 Trust and confidence in institutions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e16.3 The rise of social media and its role in politics \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e16.4 The battle for the people: mainstream party \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epolitics in disregard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e16.5 The shift to provocative parliamentarism: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eharbouring populist illiberalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Epilogue: backsliding into the 21st century: outmoded or viable and resilient?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.1 Liberal democracy: state of affairs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.2 Fear for autocratisation: institutional decay and anti-democratic ethos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.3 Positive conditions and negative consequences of democraticness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018803675479,"sku":"9781032029887","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032029887.jpg?v=1750778202","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracies-in-peril-9781032029887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}