Democracy and the quest for justice : Russian and American perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2004. |
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| Description: | xx, 154 p. : some tab. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; v. 148 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5160386 |
Table of Contents:
- Editorial foreword / William Gay
- Preface / Jack Perry
- Introduction : current trends in Russian and American political theory / Reginald Raymer
- Pt. 1. Democracy : values, and vices
- 1. Living in the world a "unipolar system" ; alternatives and trends / Tatiana Alekseeva
- 2. Corruption and democracy / Robert Mundt
- 3. Ethics and democracy : on the danger of moral demagoguery / Abdusalam Guseinov
- 4. Democracy, patriotism, and virtue : notes toward a cultural theory of nations and nationalism / Alan Woolfolk
- Pt. 2. Challenges to democracy in Russia
- 5. Democratic reforms in Russia : the specific social transformation / Vyacheslav Stiopin
- 6. Democracy, information, and the Russian experiment / Nicholas Caste
- 7. Reflections on some problems in Russia's transformation / Konstantin Zuev
- Pt. 3. Democracy and economics
- 8. The American dream : democracy or meritocracy? / Laura Duhan Kaplan and Charles Kaplan
- 9. Civil society and civil participation / Ruben Apressyan
- 10. Economic democracy : the final frontier / William Gay.
