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Book SynopsisThis book examines the changes and challenges to democracy particularly in contemporary Russia. In the first section, Russian and American philosophers scrutinize the virtues and vices facing a country changing to a democratic government. The book, secondly, explores the challenges facing a democratic Russia. Lastly, the book considers carefully issues of social justice arising from the relationship between democracy and the current economic climate of globalization. The series Contemporary Russian Philosophy explores a variety of perspectives in and on philosophy as it is currently being practiced in Russia. Co-sponsored by the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and by the Russian Philosophical Society, this special series features collaborative works between Russians and Americans, collections of essays by Russians, and monographs by Russians. All volumes are published in English.
Table of ContentsWilliam GAY: Editorial Foreword Jack PERRY: Preface Reginald RAYMER: Introduction Current Trends in Russian and American Political Theory PART ONE DEMOCRACY: VALUES and VICES ONE Tatiana ALEKSEEVA: Living in the World of a “Unipolar System”: Alternatives and Trends TWO Robert MUNDT: Corruption and Democracy THREE Abdusalam GUSEINOV: Ethics and Democracy: On the Danger of Moral Demagoguery FOUR Alan WOOLFOLK: Democracy, Patriotism, and Virtue: Notes Toward a Cultural Theory of Nations and Nationalism PART TWO CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA FIVE Vyacheslav STIOPIN: Democratic Reforms in Russia: The Specific Social Transformation SIX Nicholas CASTE: Democracy, Information, and the Russian Experiment SEVEN Konstantin ZUEV: Reflections on Some Problems in Russia’s Transformation PART THREE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMICS EIGHT Laura DUHAN KAPLAN and Charles KAPLAN: The American Dream: Democracy or Meritocracy? NINE Ruben APRESSYAN: Civil Society and Civil Participation TEN William GAY: Economic Democracy: The Final Frontier Bibliography About the Authors Index
