| Description |
1 online resource (99, [1] pages) |
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Societas Ser |
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Societas Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction -- Illiberal Democracy; Body Matter; 1: The Struggle for Liberty; 2: Warnings from the Past; 3: Democracy and the Abuse of Law; 4: Democracy and the Big State; 5: The Return of Market Liberalism; 6: The Fall of the West; Back Matter; Epilogue -- An Idea for the Future; Bibliography; Other Titles Available from Imprint Academic and Andrews UK |
| Summary |
Annotation Democracy is killing the West. That is the stunning conclusion of this book that tears apart the consensus underpinning modern political assumptions. Democracy is held to solve one of the oldest puzzles of human social life: how do we ensure that our rulers have a legitimate mandate and rule in the interests of the whole community? We are supposedly now guided by institutions whose democratic mandate ensures that they will govern in a benign manner in the interests of all. Democracy s success is not Democracy, but Liberalism. Craig Smith and Tom Miers demonstrate that, since the introduction of democracy, the power of the state has re-grown at the expense of the liberty of the individual. Far from underpinning our freedoms, Democracy is in fact undermining them. It has unshackled the coercive power of the state, and will result in the inevitable decline of the West as we know it. Craig Smith is a Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at St Andrews University. Tom Miers is an independent public policy consultant."They see liberalism under the rule of law is the vital component of Western success." Scientific and Medical Network |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 100) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Liberty.
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Democracy -- Western countries
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freedom.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Democracy
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Liberty
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Western countries -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
Western countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miers, Tom
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| ISBN |
9781845404215 |
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1845404211 |
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9781845404208 |
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1845404203 |
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1283689499 |
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9781283689496 |
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