Theorising Democide [electronic resource] : Why and How Democracies Fail /
Chou, M.author.
Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements                       ""; ""1 Constituted to Fail: Democracy and Its Self-Negation                                                             ""; ""2 Exogenous Breakdown: The Institutional, Socioeconomic and Political Causes of Democratic Termination                                                                                                             ""
""3 Endogenous Breakdown: The Conditions and Characteristics of Democracies Which Self-Destruct                                                                                                    """"4 Towards a Theory of Democide                                     ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Comparative politics.
Public policy.
Economic development.
Political science.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Comparative Politics.
Public Policy.
Development Studies.
Political Science.