Kidnapped Democracy - Couverture souple

Feenstra, Ramon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1786613611 ISBN 13 : 9781786613615

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019

Synopsis

Large sections of democracy and its basic structures have recently been hijacked. By stealth, powerful elites have gradually gained control of the political sphere and transformed it to serve their own interests. The political systems of what appear to be established democracies in all corners of the world are showing signs of this takeover, which has led to widespread citizen disaffection and indignation. Kidnapped Democracy uses the metaphor of captivity to illustrate the differences and similarities between conventional kidnappings and the hijacking of a political system. The book's nine chapters identify the kidnappers, the accomplices, the hostages, the victims and the negotiators before examining the effect of a peculiar Stockholm syndrome and, finally, reflecting on possible ways to secure the release of democracy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ramón A. Feenstra teaches in the Department of Philosophy and Sociology at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield International
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1786613611
• ISBN 13: 9781786613615
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 107
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible