Critical Theory and Democracy. Civil society, dictatorship, and constitutionalism in Andrew Arato's democratic theory

ENRIQUE PERUZZOTTI; MARTIN PLOT

Routledge

Año: 2013 p. 291

9780415665551

This book focuses on Andrew Arato?s democratic theory and its relevance to contemporary issues such as processes of democratization, civil society, constitution-making, and the modern executive. Andrew Arato is ? both globally and disciplinarily ? a prominent thinker in the fields of democratic theory, constitutional law, and comparative politics, influencing several generations of scholars. This is the first volume to systematically address his democratic theory. Including contributions from leading scholars such as Hubertus Buchstein, Dick Howard, and János Kis, this book is address his democratic theory. Including contributions from leading scholars such as Hubertus Buchstein, Dick Howard, and János Kis, this book is address his democratic theory. Including contributions from leading scholars such as Hubertus Buchstein, Dick Howard, and János Kis, this book is address his democratic theory. Including contributions from leading scholars such as Hubertus Buchstein, Dick Howard, and János Kis, this book is cally address his democratic theory. Including contributions from leading scholars such as Hubertus Buchstein, Dick Howard, and János Kis, this book is organized around three major areas of Arato?s influence on contemporary political and social thought. The first section offers a comprehensive view of Arato?s scholarship from his early work on critical theory and Western Marxism to his current research on constitution-making and its application. The second section shifts its focus from the previous, comprehensive approach, to a much more specific one: Arato?s widespread influence on the study of civil society in democratization processes in the Americas. The third section includes a previously unpublished work, ?Conceptual History of Dictatorship (and its Rivals),? one of the few systematic interrogations on the meaning of a political form of fundamental relevance in the contemporary world. processes in the Americas. The third section includes a previously unpublished work, ?Conceptual History of Dictatorship (and its Rivals),? one of the few systematic interrogations on the meaning of a political form of fundamental relevance in the contemporary world. processes in the Americas. The third section includes a previously unpublished work, ?Conceptual History of Dictatorship (and its Rivals),? one of the few systematic interrogations on the meaning of a political form of fundamental relevance in the contemporary world. processes in the Americas. The third section includes a previously unpublished work, ?Conceptual History of Dictatorship (and its Rivals),? one of the few systematic interrogations on the meaning of a political form of fundamental relevance in the contemporary world. cratization processes in the Americas. The third section includes a previously unpublished work, ?Conceptual History of Dictatorship (and its Rivals),? one of the few systematic interrogations on the meaning of a political form of fundamental relevance in the contemporary world.