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The State We're In

Reflecting on Democracy's Troubles
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What makes people lose faith in democratic statecraft? The question seems an urgent one. In the first decades of the twenty-first century, citizens across the world have grown increasingly disillusioned with what was once a cherished ideal. Setting out an original theoretical model that explores the relations between democracy, subjectivity and sociality, and exploring its relevance to countries ranging from Kenya to Peru, The State We´re In is a must-read for all political theorists, scholars of democracy, and readers concerned for the future of the democratic ideal.
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9781785332258
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatEPUB
FormatReflowable
Publication townNY
Publication countryUnited States
Publishing date01/07/2016
LanguageEnglish
File size2721688 Bytes
Article no.7996715
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Data source no.1340704
Product groupBU570
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Nicholas J. Long is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Being Malay in Indonesia: Histories Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago (NUS, NIAS, and University of Hawai´i Press, 2013) and co-editor with Henrietta L. Moore of Sociality: New Directions (Berghahn, 2012) and The Social Life of Achievement (Berghahn, 2013).

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