| ISBN | 9780521713832 |
| Call Number | JC423 .R616813 2012 |
| Author | Rosanvallon, Pierre, 1948- (3) |
| Title | Counter-democracy : politics in an age of distrust / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| Physical | xii, 336 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content | Part 1. Overseeing democracy -- 1. Vigilance, denunciation, evalution -- 2. The overseers -- 3. The thread of hisory -- 4. Legitimacy conflicts -- Part 2. The sovereignty of prevention -- 5. From the right of resistance to complex sovereignty -- 6. Self-critical democracies -- 7. Negative politics -- Part 3. The people as judge -- 8. His torical references -- 9. Almost legislators --10. The preference for judgment -- Part 4. Unpolitical democracy -- 11. The sense of powrlessness and symbols of depoliticization -- 12. The populist temptation -- 13. Lessons of unpolitical economy -- 14. Conclusion: the modern mixed regime. |
| Subject | Democracy. (240) |
| | Legitimacy of governments. (11) |
| | Political participation. (59) |
| Added Entry | Goldhammer, Arthur. (2) |
| Holding | LIC |
