Bücher von Darrow Schecter

Rearticulating critical theory with a contemporary focus, this book investigates how the conditions of democratic statehood have changed at key historical intervals since 1945. It argues that a sociological approach is needed to address conceptual deficits and explain how the mechanisms of democratic statehood can be updated today. -- .

Beyond Hegemony investigates the authoritarianism and breakdown of those state socialist governments in Russia and elsewhere which claim to put Marx's ideas on democracy and equality into practice. -- .

This book draws on the ideas of a wide range of political thinkers, including Kant, Hegel, Marx, Weber and Arendt, to explore the ideas, meaning and history of civil society. -- .