Author(s): Boris Vormann and Michael D. Weinman
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Part I: Democracy, Contested: Causes of Illiberalism
1 From a Politics of No Alternative to a Politics of Fear: Illiberalism and Its Variants
2 What Does a Legitimation Crisis Mean Today? Financialized Capitalism and the Crisis of Crisis Consciousness
3 Illiberal Democracy and the Struggle on the Right
4 Illiberal Democracy? A Tocquevillean Perspective
5 The Open Society from a Conservative Perspective
6 The Failing Technocratic Prejudice and the Challenge to Liberal Democracy
Part II: Democracy, Distorted: Cases of Illiberalism
7 Global Trumpism: Understanding Anti-System Politics in Western Democracies
8 The Crisis of Democracy: The United States in Perspective
9 The European Union and Its Chances for Democratic Revitalization
10 Eastern Europe’s Illiberal Revolution: The Long Road to Democratic Decline
11 Illiberal Democracy or Electoral Autocracy: The Case of Turkey
12 India’s Unofficial Emergency
13 Japan: Land of the Rising Right
14 “It’s All Corrupt”: The Roots of Bolsonarism in Brazil
Part III: Epilogue: Persevering through a Crisis of Conviction
15 Populism and Democracy: A Long View
List of Contributors
Index