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Democracy Without Borders? assesses the worldwide prospects of liberal democracy. In an era of globalization and in an intellectual climate in which the idea of national sovereignty is under assault, Plattner identifies the essential features of modern liberal democracy and offers guidance about what is required to sustain it. This examination comes at a critical moment. After three decades of global advance, liberal democracy today is being challenged from many quarters. Among the reasons why its future looks cloudy is the popular election of candidates hostile to liberalism-in Palestine, Russia, Venezuela, and elsewhere. An investigation of the complex and tension-filled relationship between liberalism and majority rule is at the heart of this essential book. Plattner's contention is that liberalism needs democracy and that liberal democracy needs the nation-state. He argues that transnational bodies like the European Union cannot overcome their "democratic deficit." Hence he recommends an approach that will enable the United States to promote international cooperation without sacrificing the fundamental elements of national sovereignty or American democracy.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government

• Full title: Democracy Without Borders?
• Author: Marc F Plattner
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 178
• EAN: 9780742559257
• ISBN: 0742559254
• ID: 02428625
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Weight: 386 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 164 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. November 2007

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