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The Future of Democracy

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  1. Ronald M. Glassman

    1. NYU School of Professional Studies, Stern College of Yeshiva University, New York, USA

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  • Analyses the actual state of international political democracy and the possible future of democracy
  • Discusses the sustainability of political democracy by looking at new global communications networks
  • Provides an introduction for academics and students in the political and social sciences

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Democracy as a Uniquely Human Political Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Humans in the Scientific State of Nature

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      Pages 3-5

    3. Democracy and Despotism in Tribal Society

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      Pages 7-14

    4. City-State Democracy in Sumer, Syria and Canaan-Phoenicia

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      Pages 15-18

    5. The City-States of Ancient Greece: Democracy, Science, and Legal-Rational Authority Emerge

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      Pages 19-31

    6. The Kingly-Bureaucratic State: The Integration of Larger Political Areas

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      Pages 33-35

    7. The Renaissance City-States of Italy

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      Pages 37-39

    8. The Northern European City-States Unite in Leagues with Elected Representatives

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      Pages 41-45

    9. The Rational-Scientific World-View after the Protestant Reformation

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      Pages 47-48
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About this book

This book focuses on the processes that help stabilize democracy. It provides a socio-historical analysis of the future prospects of democracy.

The link between advanced capitalism and democracy is emphasized, focusing on contract law and the separation of the economy from the state. The book also emphasizes the positive effects of the scientific world view on legal- rational authority. Aristotle’s theory of the majority middle class and its stabilizing effect on democracy is highlighted.

This book describes the face to face democracies of the past in order to give us a better perspective on the high tech democracies of the future, making it appealing to students and academics in the political and social sciences.





Authors and Affiliations

  • NYU School of Professional Studies, Stern College of Yeshiva University, New York, USA

    Ronald M. Glassman

About the author

Ronald Glassman, PhD, is a sociologist. He has taught at NYU, Connecticut College, the City University of New York, and William Paterson University. Professor Glassman is a specialist in historical sociology and has authored many books on democracy, including The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States (2 vols.); The Middle Class and Democracy in Socio-Historical Perspective; The New Middle Class and Democracy in Global Perspective; Caring Capitalism; China in Transition: Communism, Capitalism, Democracy; Democracy and Equality; with William Swatos, Jr., Charisma, History, and Social Structure; and other books. Glassman teaches at NYU in the Liberal Studies Program and history courses at NYUSPS in the Center for Applied Liberal Arts. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Future of Democracy

  • Authors: Ronald M. Glassman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16111-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16110-1Published: 04 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16113-2Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16111-8Published: 24 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Sociology, Democracy

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