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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology offers a comprehensive and contemporary look at this evolving field of study. The focus is on political life itself and the chapters, written by a highly-respected and international team of authors, cover the core themes which need to be understood in order to study political life from a sociological perspective, or simply to understand the political world. The two volumes are structured around five key areas: PART 1: TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES PART 2: CORE CONCEPTS PART 03: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS PART 04: TOPICS PART 05: WORLD REGIONS This future-oriented and cross-disciplinary handbook is a landmark text for students and scholars interested in the social investigation of politics.
Asian Model of Democracy
Asian Model of Democracy
That there could be more than one model of democracy is a position denied by liberal democrats but is frequently defended by non-Western, including Asian, postcolonial politicians. The disagreement is less about democratic procedure of electing the ruling government than about political ideology. Specifically, about liberalism, which has become the presumptive ‘normative’ value of all modern democratic states (Chatterjee, 2011, pp. 2–3), with liberal democracy presumed to be the teleological end point of modern political development. All other modes of governance are decried as deviations from this righteous path, often labeled as ‘authoritarian’ or ‘illiberal’ (Bell, Brown, Jaayasuryia and Jones, 1995). Yet the coupling of liberalism and democracy is historically ...
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