Elites, non-elites, and political realism : diminishing futures for western societies / John Higley.
"This fearless study offers a broad and realistic understanding of what is and isn't possible in modern politics. Higley contends that stable liberal democracy is possible only when elites, although always self-interested, are unified and drive a coherent political agenda. Without this vit...
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Elites, non-elites, and politics
- Elites, non-elites, and revolution
- Elites, non-elites, and democracy
- Ultimate and instrumental values in liberal democracy
- The Arab Spring folly
- Political realism in the twenty-first century
- Epilogue : the American preoccupation with non-elites.