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The Erosion of Democracy – the Beginning of the End?

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Die Erosion der Demokratie

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‘Democracy’ today seems to be recognized as a universal normative concept, in politics as well as in mainstream political science. Despite its historical origin in a world quite different from that of ours today and the one most probable to evolve in the future, most political scientists seem to believe that mere organizational improvements could secure its future as a regime and its validity as a normative concept.

Greven, Michael Th. 2009. The Erosion of Democracy – The Beginning of the End? Redescriptions. Yearbook of Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory 13: 83–102.

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    Rieke Trimҫev

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Greven, M.T. (2020). The Erosion of Democracy – the Beginning of the End?. In: Rüb, F., Selk, V., Trimҫev, R. (eds) Die Erosion der Demokratie. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27920-2_10

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