Why Democracy Is Oppositional

John Medearis argues that democracies face challenges which go beyond civic lethargy and unreasonable debate. Democracy is inherently a fragile state of affairs because citizens create the very institutions that overwhelm them. Hostile threats are the product of their own collective activities, and preserving democracy will always entail struggle.

• | Author: John Medearis
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674725336
• | ISBN-13: 9780674725331