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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kreutz, Henrik

Titel

Democracy: The Rule of the 'Demos' - Who is That? The Inherent Contradictions of Modern 'Democratic' Mass Societies

Ist Teil von

• Innovation (Abingdon, England), 2000-06, Vol.13 (2), p.155-168

Ort / Verlag

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Real-existing democracies tend towards ethnocracies and closed-shop systems. Over-coming the crisis of democracy necessitates its transformation in a new 'commonwealth of persons'. This, in turn, requires the re-theorizing of political action, including of the role of political parties, and the reclaiming of citizenship based on responsibility.