Democracy Disrupted

Ivan Krastev

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

Democracy Disrupted

The Politics of Global Protest

Ivan Krastev

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290745

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About this book

In Democracy Disrupted, journalist and political scientist Ivan Krastev proposes a provocative interpretation of the "Occupy" movements that have surfaced in the United States, Great Britain, and Spain, as well as the more destabilizing forms of unrest in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Author information

Ivan Krastev is Chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria, and author of In Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders?

Reviews

"The worldwide protests of 2011-2013 may have happened 'everywhere,' but did they go anywhere? Ivan Krastev argues persuasively that this was ultimately a revolution that wasn't."—Timothy Garton Ash, University of Oxford

"A must read."—Moisés Naím, Carnegie Endowment and author of The End of Power

"Few people can question the conventional wisdom of democracy like Ivan Krastev. Democracy Disrupted is his latest and most interesting intervention."—George Soros

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Protest against Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. The Democracy of Rejection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3. Exit Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 88
Keywords: Political Science; Public Policy

eBook

Published: May 15, 2014
ISBN: 9780812290745