{"product_id":"the-state-were-in-reflecting-on-democracys-troubles-9781789205107","title":"The State We're In: Reflecting on Democracy's","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhat makes people lose faith in democratic statecraft? The question seems an urgent one. In the first decades of the twenty-first century, citizens across the world have grown increasingly disillusioned with what was once a cherished ideal. Setting out an original theoretical model that explores the relations between democracy, subjectivity and sociality, and exploring its relevance to countries ranging from Kenya to Peru, \u003cem\u003eThe State We’re In\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for all political theorists, scholars of democracy, and readers concerned for the future of the democratic ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This volume] successfully demonstrates that, globally, democracy has “systematically maintained inequality”, and that attention must be served to the current inadequacies in the execution of this theoretical concept. This book is appropriate for students and academics in the fields of political science, anthropology, and sociology.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· International Social Science Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is a strong contribution targeted at a much needed re-consideration of democracy as a concept and a practice in a world of porous boundaries, which exposes people in societies to the often hegemonic imposition of extra-territorial actors.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Harald Wydra\u003c\/strong\u003e, Cambridge University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e When Democracy ‘Goes Wrong’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoanna Cook, Nicholas J. Long, and Henrietta L. Moore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e After (?) Democracy: Time, Space and Affect in Peruvian Political Imaginaries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Nugent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Democracy and the Ethical Imagination\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHenrietta L. Moore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Why Indonesians Turn Against Democracy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas J. Long\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Opposition and Group Formation: Authoritarianism Yesterday and Today\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Borneman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rejecting or Remaking Democratic Practices? Experiences during Times of Crisis in Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJan-Jonathan Bock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘The People’ and Political Opposition in Post-democracy: Reflections on the Hollowing of Democracy in Greece and Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGiorgos Katsambekis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Debt Society Consolidated? Post-democratic Subjectivity and its Discontents\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eYannis Stavrakakis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Politics After Democracy: Experiments in Horizontality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarianne Maeckelbergh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042557165911,"sku":"9781789205107","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789205107.jpg?v=1750954635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-state-were-in-reflecting-on-democracys-troubles-9781789205107","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}