Democracy: The Challenges Ahead

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; Y. Shain & A. Klieman - PART 1: THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND DEMOCRACY'S PROSPECTS - Between Principles: Liberal Democracy and the Communitarian Challenge; P. Berkowitz - The Confucian Tradition and Democratization; S. Tsang - Religion Democracy and the Dilemma of Social Order; C. Liebman - Why Democracy Doesn't Always Follow Economic Ripeness; M. Thompson - The Ideological Challenge From the 'New Right'; A. Spektorowski - PART 2: ON TWO FRONTS: COPING WITH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR CHALLENGES - Xenophobic Movements in Contemporary Germany; E. Zimmermann - How Diverse Can We Be? Immigration and Pluralism; N. Pickus - Democracy and the Fragmenting State; A. Klieman - Democratic Deficit or Deficit of Democracy?; M. Smith - The Democratic State Globalization and Privatization; I. Talmud - 'Limits to Growth' and the Limits of Democracy; G. Talshir - Notes - Index. Language: English