Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Themes in Contemporary Political Philosoph
Course Number:
POL00019I
Course Description:
For all their variety, most political systems in the global north can be characterised as liberal democracies, electing their leaders according to one-person-one-vote, and upholding political rights of association and participation, a free and independent press, rule of law and protection of property, and more. A normative commitment to these practices is even more widespread; few regimes advertise themselves as illiberal and even fewer reject the claim that they are democratic in some sense. Liberal democracy today is often thought to be under threat from both internal crises of confidence and external pressures. Yet there is great confusion over what liberal democracy means, and there are important differences in the ways that the concepts of liberty and democracy have been understood, and in the ways, they might be thought to come together or pull apart. Also, there are legitimate questions about whether liberal democracy is really up to all the
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 329
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/POL00019I/latest
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