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Even As Russia And The Other Former Soviet Republics Struggle To Redefine Themselves In Democratic Terms, Our Own Democracy Is Faltering, Not Flourishing. We Confront One Another As Aggrieved Groups Rather Than As Free Citizens. Cynicism, Boredom, Apathy, Despair, Violence - These Have Become Coin Of The Civic Realm. They Are Dark Signs Of The Times And A Warning That Democracy May Not Be Up To The Task Of Satisfying The Yearnings It Unleashes - Yearnings For Freedom, Fairness, And Equality. In This Timely, Thought-provoking Book, One Of America's Leading Political Philosophers And Public Intellectuals Questions Whether Democracy Will Prove Sufficiently Robust And Resilient To Survive The Century. Beginning With A Catalogue Of Our Discontents, Jean Bethke Elshtain Asks What Has Gone Wrong And Why.^ She Draws On Examples From America And Other Parts Of The World As She Explores The Politics Of Race, Ethnicity, And Gender Identity - Controversial, And Essential, Political Issues Of Our Day. Insisting That There Is Much To Cherish In Our Democratic Traditions, She Concludes That Democracy Involves A Permanent Clash Between Conservatism And Progressive Change. Elshtain Distinguishes He

Author

Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013

Publisher

New York: BasicBooks, a division of Harper Collins

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780465016167

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences