The Struggle for Development and Democracy: A General Theory
Title | The Struggle for Development and Democracy: A General Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandro Olsaretti |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2023-03-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004543511 |
In The Struggle for Development and Democracy Alessandro Olsaretti argues that we need significantly new theories of development and democracy to answer the problem posed by neoliberalism and the populist backlash, namely, uneven development and divisive politics heightened by the 9/11 attacks. This volume proposes a general theory of development and democracy, as part of a unified theory of power, emphasizing that development needs markets, civil society, and the state, and also the proper networks and interactions amongst markets, civil society, and the state. Imperialism undermines these interactions, and turns countries into providers of cheap land or labour. This book begins to sketch the mechanisms at work, and to answer one question: how did imperialist elites build their power? All royalties from sales of this volume will go to GiveWell.org in honour of Alessandro Olsaretti's memory.
The Struggle for Development and Democracy
Title | The Struggle for Development and Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandro Olsaretti |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2021-12-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004470522 |
In The Struggle for Development and Democracy Alessandro Olsaretti proposes a humanist social science as a first step to overcome the flaws of neoliberalism, and to recover a balanced approach that is needed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Title | The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas Fulda |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9781138328341 |
The question at the heart of this book is to what extent have political activists in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities. The book compares and contrasts the political development in the three regions from the early 1970s.
A General Theory of Economic Development
Title | A General Theory of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | Sung-Hee Jwa |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2017-06-30 |
Genre | Capitalism |
ISBN | 1785367994 |
This book makes the bold attempt at proposing a new general theory of economic development. The main premise is that economic institutions and policies must embody ‘economic discrimination’ if there is to be any chance of real economic development. By economic discrimination, the author means ‘treating differences differently’ by selecting and supporting economic entities and behaviour that contribute positively to the economy. The book identifies markets, government and corporations as the ‘holy trinity of economic development’, that is, the three most important institutions that must work together via economic discrimination to steer the economy towards real transformative progress. The book also warns against the current trend of economic egalitarianism or ‘not treating differences differently’ because it destroys economic incentives and results in an array of economic problems including growth stagnation.
Kenya
Title | Kenya PDF eBook |
Author | Shadrack W. Nasong'o |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2013-07-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1848137168 |
The path towards democracy in Kenya has been long and often tortuous. Though it has been trumpeted as a goal for decades, democratic government has never been fully realised, largely as a result of the authoritarian excesses of the Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki regimes. This uniquely comprehensive study of Kenya's political trajectory shows how the struggle for democracy has been waged in civil society, through opposition parties, and amongst traditionally marginalised groups like women and the young. It also considers the remaining impediments to democratisation, in the form of a powerful police force and damaging structural adjustment policies. Thus, the authors argue, democratisation in Kenya is a laborious and non-linear process. Kenyans' recent electoral successes, the book concludes, have empowered them and reinvigorated the prospects for democracy, heralding a more autonomous and peaceful twenty-first century.
Crucible of American Democracy
Title | Crucible of American Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Shankman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Arguments over what democracy actually meant in practice and how it should be implemented raged throughout the early American republic. This exploration of the Pennsylvania experience reveals how democracy arose in America and how it came to accommodate capitalism.
The Struggle for Democracy
Title | The Struggle for Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Meckstroth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0190213922 |
Revolutionaries, counter-revolutionaries, and reformers the world over appeal to democracy to justify their actions. But when political factions compete over the right to act in "the people's" name, who is to decide? Although the problem is as old as the great revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, events from the Arab Spring to secession referendums suggest that today it is hardly any closer to being solved. This book defends a new theory of democratic legitimacy and change that provides an answer. Christopher Meckstroth shows why familiar views that identify democracy with timeless principles or institutions fall into paradox when asked to make sense of democratic founding and change. Solving the problem, he argues, requires shifting focus to the historical conditions under which citizens work out what it will mean to govern themselves in a democratic way. The only way of sorting out disputes without faith in progress is to show, in Socratic fashion, that some parties' claims to speak for "the people" cannot hold up even on their own terms. Meckstroth builds his argument on provocative and closely-argued interpretations of Plato, Kant, and Hegel, suggesting that familiar views of them as foundationalist metaphysicians misunderstand their debt to a method of radical doubt pioneered by Socrates. Recovering this tradition of antifoundational argument requires rethinking the place of German idealism in the history of political thought and opens new directions for contemporary democratic theory. The historical and Socratic theory of democracy the book defends makes possible an entirely new way of approaching struggles over contested notions of progress, popular sovereignty, political judgment and democratic change.