Critical Theory and Democracy: Civil Society, Dictatorship, and Constitutionalism in Andrew Arato’s Democratic Theory

Author:   Enrique Peruzzotti ,  Martin Plot
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   292
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
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Author:   Enrique Peruzzotti ,  Martin Plot
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780415665551


ISBN 10:   0415665558
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction: The Political and Social Thought of Andrew Arato Enrique Peruzzotti and Martin Plot PART I: From Critical Theory to Constitution Making: The Contemporary Relevance or Arato’s Democratic Theory 1. Democracy, Anti-politics and the Actuality of the History of Political Thought Dick Howard 2. Constitutionalism in Fragmented Societies: The Integrative Function of Constitutions Ulrich K. Preuß 3. The Concept of ""Self-Binding"" in Constitutional Theory Hubertus Buchstein 4. Popular Sovereignty Janos Kis 5. Palestinians in Israel: The Constitutional Debates Uri Ram PART II - Civil Society, Populism, and the Modern Executive: Arato’s Intellectual Influence in the Americas 6. The Concept of Civil Society and the Latin American Debate on Democratic Innovation Alberto J. Olvera 7. Civil Society in Latin America: From the Excluded Other to Democratic Deepening Leonardo Avritzer 8. Between Authoritarianism and Democracy in Latin America’s Re-Founding Revolutions Carlos de la Torre 9. The Bad Uses of the Concept of Populism in Latin America Nicolás Lynch 10. A Trickling Fountain or a Devastating Torrent: Andrew Arato’s Theory of the Modern Republican Executive Maria Victoria Crespo Appendix I: Conceptual History of Dictatorship (And its Rivals) Andrew Arato Appendix II: Andrew Arato’s Bibliography"

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Enrique Peruzzotti is researcher of CONICET, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Di Tella University and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (2009-10). He has been awarded fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Center, Fulbright, the Rockefeller Foundation, LSE, The National Endowment for Democracy, UNRISD, University of New Mexico and the University of London. He was a visiting professor at the American University in Paris, FLACSO Ecuador, Cornell University, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, and the Universidad Federal do Minas Gerais. He has published extensively on Latin American politics, civil society and democratization process. Martin Plot is Associate Professor and Director of the Aesthetics and Politics Program at the CalArts' School of Critical Studies. He works in the fields of political and social theory. He also conducts research and writes on American and Latin American political culture and democratic politics. He holds a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research.

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