Post-Democracy After the Crises

by Colin Crouch

Book Overview

In Post-Democracy (Polity, 2004) Colin Crouch argued that behind the fa ade of strong institutions, democracy in many advanced societies was being hollowed out, its big events becoming empty rituals as power passed increasingly to circles of wealthy business elites and an ever-more isolated political class.

Crouch's provocative argument has in many ways been vindicated by recent events, but these have also highlighted some weaknesses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509541578
• ISBN13: 9781509541577
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"