Darrow Schecter

Democracy in the twenty-first century faces a number of major challenges, with populism, neoliberalism, and globalisation being three of the most prominent. Critical Theory and Sociological Theory examines these challenges by investigating how the conditions of democratic statehood have been altered at several key historical intervals since 1945. The book demonstrates that the formal mechanisms of democratic statehood, such as...

Explores the ideas, meaning and history of civil society, its role in the 1989 revolutions, its role in new social movements and its relationship with the state and the economy. Distinguishes between security and freedom and illustrates how the latter is a political issue. Draws on the writings of a wide range of political thinkers including: Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx,...