The theory and reality of democracy : a case study in Iraq

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The theory and reality of democracy : a case study in Iraq

Suman Gupta

Continuum, c2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This is a study of conceptualizations and applications of the idea of democracy in international and trans-national politics (outside the confines of constituted political states, or outside a broadly understood domestic political sphere), which uses a politically realist methodology. This study provides a critical survey of current conceptual positions assumed in this area, and tests these against specific real world events, using the invasion and occupation of Iraq by a US-UK led coalition as a case study. This book is divided into two parts - the first examines the six prevailing conceptual positions on democracy in the international/trans-national domain in terms of (a) their normative and legislative connotations and (b) the manner in which they negotiate boundaries. The second part tests the observations made in Part 1 against real-world events, using the build up to military intervention in and subsequent occupation of Iraq. During these events the notion of democracy was continually being deployed and dissected in a wide variety of different ways: justifications for and against military action were constantly framed in terms of democracy; the democratic structure and credentials of the UN were stretched almost at breaking point; mass marches and rallies were claimed as a democratic expression of protest; and a discourse of 'democratization' has dominated the occupation period.

目次

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Politically Realist Methodology
  • Part I
  • Chapter 2: Democracy and Political Realism
  • Chapter 3: Cosmopolitan Democracy
  • Chapter 4: Rawls and Liberal Democracy
  • Chapter 5: Habermas and Deliberative Democracy
  • Chapter 6: Radical Democracy
  • Chapter 7: Democratization Studies and Comparative Politics
  • Chapter 8: Democracy and the Real World. Part II
  • Chapter 9: The Context
  • Chapter 10: Dossiers and the Justifications for Invading Iraq
  • Chapter 11: UN Security Council Debates
  • Chapter 12: Protest Rallies
  • Chapter 13: Reconstructing a "Democratic" Iraq
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 14: Iraq-invasion-democracy.

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