Book chapter
Understanding illiberal democracy: A framework
Towards Illiberal Democracy, pp.1-16
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1995
Abstract
Liberal democratic ideals and institutions command almost universal allegiance in Western societies, a phenomenon to be understood in the light of the West's shared history and culture. In what seems like an all too obvious theoretical mistake, however, it is often assumed without argument that liberal democracy also meets the deeper aspirations of the rest of the world, most notably by Francis Fukuyama with his now infamous claim that we are witnessing an 'end of history'in which liberal democracy has finally triumphed over all its ...
Details
- Title
- Understanding illiberal democracy: A framework
- Authors/Creators
- D.A. Bell (Author/Creator)K. Jayasuriya (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- D. Bell (Editor)D. Brown (Editor)K. Jayasuriya (Editor)D. Jones (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Towards Illiberal Democracy, pp.1-16
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Identifiers
- 991005540002607891
- Copyright
- 1995 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Asia Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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