| Liberal Democracy in Crisis: Rethinking Resistance Under Neoliberal Governmentality Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Toplisek, Alen (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030074234 ISBN-13: 9783030074234 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| Series: Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.61 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book rethinks resistance against neoliberalism in the context of the crisis of Western liberal democracy and the rise of new radical left parties in Europe. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches in contemporary political and social theory, it explores how the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis represents the opening of possibilities for resistance and examines the structural hurdles facing radical politics in effectively challenging neoliberalism. The author challenges the dominant conceptions of democratic politics by critically interrogating the role of liberalism in the depoliticisation of governing and the neoliberal restructuring of the democratic role of the state. The trajectory of new radical left parties in Slovenia, Greece and Spain is used to demonstrate the need to overcome the binary divide between institutional politics and resistance in radical political theory and practice. |
