Trust in the capacities of the people, distrust in elites / Kenneth Good.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Good, Kenneth, 1933-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Democratization > Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences) > Political activity > Case studies.
Legitimacy of governments > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:xi, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Democratization in Athens : participatory democracy as a dual process of empowering the people and controlling elites
  • Democratization in Britain : a long, repeated and incomplete aspiration
  • Democratization in South Africa : the people versus a militarist, predominant ethno-nationalist elite
  • Democracy in the capitalist heartlands : alienation and dysfunctionalities
  • Democratization in Europe and North Africa : democracy regains its revolutionary potentialities
  • Democratization in South Africa in 21st century : the potentialities of the organized urban poor and the hostility of a factionalized and corrupt ANC.