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Jean Bethke Elshtain
Democracy on Trial

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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.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 160 ● ISBN 9780887848544 ● Publisher House of Anansi Press ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2522711 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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