Critical theory and sociological theory : on late modernity and social statehood /
Democracy in the twenty-first century faces a number of major challenges, populism, neoliberalism and globalization being three of the most prominent. This book examines such challenges by investigating how the conditions of democratic statehood have been altered at several key historical intervals...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Critical theory and contemporary society.
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| Summary: | Democracy in the twenty-first century faces a number of major challenges, populism, neoliberalism and globalization being three of the most prominent. This book examines such challenges by investigating how the conditions of democratic statehood have been altered at several key historical intervals since 1945. It demonstrates that the formal mechanisms of democratic statehood, such as elections, have always been complemented by civic, cultural, educational, socioeconomic and constitutional institutions that mediate between citizens and state authority. Rearticulating critical theory with a contemporary focus, the book shows why a sociological approach is urgently needed to address conceptual deficits and explain how the formal mechanisms of democratic statehood need to be complemented and updated in new ways today. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 246 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1526105845 9781526105844 |