Destroying Democracy: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Rise of Authoritarian Politics - Couverture rigide

Duncan, Jane; Gordon, Linda; Kaaf, Gunnett; McKinley, Dale T; Nilsen, Alf Gunvald; Pillay, Devan; Radebe, Mandla J; Saad-Filho, Alfredo; Solty, Ingar

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1776147006 ISBN 13 : 9781776147007

Editeur : Wits University Press, 2021

Synopsis

A history of the erosion of democracy across the globe

Democracy is being destroyed. This is a crisis that expresses itself in the rising authoritarianism visible in divisive and exclusionary politics, populist political parties and movements, increased distrust in fact-based information and news, and the withering accountability of state institutions. Over the last four decades, democracy has radically shifted to a market democracy in which all aspects of human, non-human and planetary life are commodified, with corporations becoming more powerful than states and their citizens. This is how neoliberal capitalism functions at a systemic level and if left unchecked, is the greatest threat to democracy and a sustainable planet.

Volume six of the Democratic Marxism series focuses on how decades of neoliberal capitalism have eroded the global democratic project and how, in the process, authoritarian politics are gaining ground. Scholars and activists from the political left focus on four country cases - India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States of America - in which the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled and highlighted the pre-existing crisis. They interrogate issues of politics, ecology, state security, media, access to information and political parties, and affirm the need to reclaim and re-build an expansive and inclusive democracy.

Destroying Democracy is an invaluable resource for the general public, activists, scholars and students who are interested in understanding the threats to democracy and the rising tide of authoritarianism in the global south and the global north.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jane Duncan is a professor in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg.

Linda Gordon is a professor of History and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.

Gunnett Kaaf is a fiscal policy research manager in the Free State Provincial Treasury, and a Marxist activist and writer based in Bloemfontein.

Dale T McKinley is an independent writer, researcher and lecturer as well as research and education officer for the International Labour, Research and Information Group.

Alf Gunvald Nilsen is a professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wits University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1776147006
• ISBN 13: 9781776147007
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Williams Michelle, Satgar Vishwas
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible