Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy by Therborn, Goran

Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy

A global panorama of the historical development and contemporary malaise of liberal democracy, from a renowned social...
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Author: Goran Therborn
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Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy by Therborn, Goran

Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy

$356.21

Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy

$356.21
Author: Goran Therborn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A global panorama of the historical development and contemporary malaise of liberal democracy, from a renowned social theorist.

Barely a century has passed since liberal democracy became established in the majority of advanced capitalist economies. Elsewhere, it is of even more recent vintage. Classical liberalism held universal suffrage a mortal threat to property. So why did it nevertheless come to pass, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and the continued rule of capital?

People on all continents consider inequality a very big problem. The Davos Economic Forum and the OECD say they are worried. But capitalist democracies don't respond. How has democracy been transformed from a popular demand for social justice to a professional power game?

These questions are raised, and answered, in Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy. Together with an essay on the current situation, it includes a compact global history of 'The Right to Vote and the Four World Routes to/through Modernity' and two landmark essays from New Left Review, 'The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy' and 'The Travail of Latin American Democracy', collected here in book form for the first time.

Author: Goran Therborn
Publisher: Verso
Published: 11/24/2020
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781788738996

About the Author
Göran Therborn is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His works have been published in at least twenty-four languages and include The Killing Fields of Inequality, From Marxism to Post-Marxism?, Between Sex and Power, and What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules?


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