The Dialectics of Democracy: Towards a Socialist Constitutionalism by Dimitrios Kivotidis ISBN 9781032710884, 1032710888 instant download

The Dialectics of Democracy: Towards a Socialist Constitutionalism by Dimitrios Kivotidis ISBN 9781032710884, 1032710888 instant download

This book examines how the democratic form and the struggle for democracy reflects, influences, and shapes the struggle for social emancipation. In the context of increased exploitation, rising inequality, and intensified struggle for social justice in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the channelling of populism through liberal democratic institutions has had contradictory effects: giving rise to both Corbyn and Brexit, Sanders and Trump, Syriza and the Golden Dawn, to name but a few. How can we make sense of these developments? In response, this book approaches the idea of democracy from a socialist constitutionalist standpoint and explores institutional forms and principles that challenge and aim at the transformation of the extant social order. This process involves the challenging of well-established ideas of the liberal viewpoint and an unwavering focus on the issue of class rule that enables the highlighting of limitations of not only mainstream but also heterodox contemporary approaches to constitutionalism and democracy. Ultimately, democracy is conceived as a process of struggle for creating the conditions, both material and intellectual, for its actualisation. This significant work of legal and political theory will be of considerable interest to those working in these areas to make sense of contemporary developments and to further the causes of social justice and social emancipation.