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What Democracy Is For
Stein Ringen
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Beschreibung
In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals--the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one's own choosing. Yet he shows that democracy's freedom is on the decline. Citizens are increasingly distrustful of political systems weighted by money, and they don't participate in political affairs as they once did. Ringen warns of the risks we face if this trend continues, and puts forth an ambitious proposal for democratic reforms.
The issues that concern him are ones that should concern us all. They include education, poverty, the social and economic roles of families, the lack of democracy in our economic lives, and the need to rejuvenate municipal democracy. Along the way, Ringen proposes policy solutions aimed at restoring democracy, such as universal vouchers for education, substituting the principle of individual insurance for social-welfare pensions, and rethinking how we measure poverty in rich and poor countries. He calls for the revival of local democracy, a democratically grounded global economy, and the protection of political democracy from the transgressions of economic power.
The way to protect democracy is not to cheer it, but to reform it. What Democracy Is For offers a bold defense of democratic ideals, grounded in real reforms.
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A Theory of Justice, Developed country, Income Support, Basic income, Human capital, Economic democracy, Politics, Of Education, Government, Journal of Democracy, Liberalization, Universal suffrage, Subsidy, Democratic ideals, Legislature, Deliberative democracy, Pension, Representative democracy, State of democracy, Civil and political rights, Tax, Good government, Democracy, Liberalism, Types of democracy, Progressive tax, Reform movement, Constitutionalism, Symbolic power, Popular sovereignty, Accountability, Self-interest, Betterment, Social policy, Middle class, Activism, Democratization, Economic power, Legislation, Welfare, Direct democracy, Rationality, Social democracy, Consensus democracy, Equal opportunity, Governance, Deliberation, Rational choice theory, Welfare state, Poverty reduction, Empowerment, Participatory democracy, Standard of living, Cohabitation, Poverty, Real freedom, Income, Majoritarian democracy, Insurance, Democratic capitalism, Political machine, The Future of Freedom, Measurement, Social inequality, Utilitarianism, Methodology, Public expenditure, Institution, Opportunity cost, Social protection