Democracy on Trial

By: Jean Bethke Elshtain;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Politics,

ISBN: 9780887845451

SKU: BE501591934690

Pages: 162

Description: Is democracy as we know it in danger? More and more we confront one another as aggrieved groups rather than as free citizens. Deepening cynicism, the growth of corrosive individualism, statism, and the loss of civil society are warning signs that democracy may be incapable of satisfying the yearnings it itself unleashes — yearnings for freedom, fairness, and equality.In her 1993 CBC Massey Lectures, political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain delves into these complex issues to evaluate democracy's chances for survival.