Why Democracy Is Oppositional / / John Medearis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Medearis, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.) :; 1 table
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Ironic Place of Movements in Democratic Theory --; 2. Episodes in the History of Alienation and Democratic Theory --; 3. A Contemporary Theory of Alienation --; 4. Oppositional Democracy --; 5. Contesting the Welfare State --; Epilogue. On Alienation and the Contemporary Security State --; Notes --; References --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674286627; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674286627
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Medearis.

John Medearis argues that democracies face challenges which go beyond civic lethargy and unreasonable debate. Democracy is inherently a fragile state of affairs because citizens create the very institutions that overwhelm them. Hostile threats are the product of their own collective activities, and preserving democracy will always entail struggle.