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From Post-Democracy to Neo-Democracy

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Klaus von Beyme

    1. Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  • State of the art of the political science debate on postdemocracy
  • Proposals from political science on reform of democracy
  • The author was a former president of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science (APESS, volume 20)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. The Debate on Post-Democracy and the Traditions of Scenarios of Decline

    • Klaus von Beyme
    Pages 1-11

  3. Criticism of Politics in the Old Media and the ‘Citizenship in Rage’ (Wutbürgertum) in the New Media

    • Klaus von Beyme
    Pages 12-30

  4. New Forms of Participation and the Dangers of Populism and Right-Wing Extremism

    • Klaus von Beyme
    Pages 31-50

  5. Proposals for an Institutional Reform of Democracy

    • Klaus von Beyme
    Pages 51-87

  6. Normative Models of Democratic Development. From Post-Democracy to Neo-Democracy?

    • Klaus von Beyme
    Pages 88-115

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 117-127
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About this book

This book of a renowned political scientist and specialist in political theory fundamentally challenges the new fashion of post-democracy by offering an outlook on ‘neo-democracy’. The political periods are similar to epochs in modern art, where ‘neo’ succeeded Post-impressionism and Post-expressionism. This book reviews the topical debate on postdemocracy and scenarios of decline in democratic theory without the alternative of dictatorship. It discusses criticism of politics in the old and new media and a new culture of protest. It addresses new forms of participation and the dangers of populism and right-wing extremism. It proposes institutional reforms of democracy, of the parliamentary system and the party state, in negotiations of coalition-building, in governmental declarations and for the policy output. The book concludes with a debate of normative models of democracy from ‘Post-democracy’ to ‘Neo-democracy’, models of justice and theories of democratic reform.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Klaus von Beyme

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