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020			_a9780195106008
028			_aInternational Book Distributors _b;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,New Delhi-110002 _c;115039 _d;20/01/2020
082			_a321.8090 DRY
100			_aJohn S Dryzek
245			_aDemocracy in capitalist times _b: ideals, limits, and struggles _c/John S Dryzek
260			_aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, 1996.
300			_aviii, 182 pages _c ; 24 cm
365			_b3975
505			_a1. Is More Democracy Possible? -- 2. Why Capitalist Democracy Emerges Victorious -- 3. Democracy Versus the State -- 4. Democracy Versus the International System -- 5. Democracy Versus Economic Rationality -- 6. Democracy Versus Ideology -- 7. The Outlook for Democracy.
520			_aDemocracy is under threat from a variety of forces originating in the transnational capitalist economy. Structural economic pressures force states to act in certain ways, regardless of what their populations want or think. In Democracy in Capitalist Times, John S. Dryzek discusses the challenges transnational capitalism presents for democracy and the most promising places where democracy can find new and growing support. Dryzek links contemporary political theory and comparative politics to explore the contradictions between capitalism and democracy. While ideological forces limit the range of political debate, government and market together promote aggressive individualism, under which people compete as consumers and profit maximizers rather than associate as citizens. Dryzek outlines these forces, considers how democracy might be defended against them, and explores the prospects for deepening democracy in the face of these threats. He argues that while state democracy has significantly diminished, democracy in different places, notably civil society, social movements, workplaces, and transnational politics, is on the rise, and it is in these places that democrats should concentrate their efforts. Dryzek further explains that the health of democratic politics in these alternative locations crucially depends on how states organize patterns of interest representation, among which social democratic corporatism proves to be most conductive to democracy.
650			_aSocial Sciences
655			_a;Democracy. _b;Capitalism.
700			_aJohn S Dryzek
942			_cMDL