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Jul 10, 2021 · Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy, especially liberal democracy, under considerable stress. Support for populism has surged, especially for extreme right parties with populist and authoritarian programs.
Mar 9, 2018 · Capitalism and democracy can easily conflict in two situations: if the distribution and use of property rights lead to an accumulation of wealth large enough to hinder politics through capitalist pressure and if democratic decisions are taken to massively limit the use of property rights.
- Wolfgang Merkel
- wolfgang.merkel@wzb.eu
- 2014
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- 3 Three types of democracy
- 10 The exclusive character of US democracy becomes even more apparent if the 10–15% of the lower class without citizenship are taken into account. A considerably smaller part (5%) at the upper end of the income scale does not have citizenship (Bonica et al. 2013, p. 110).
Kapitalismus und Demokratie folgen unterschiedlichen Logi-ken. Ersterer basiert auf Eigentumsrechten, individueller Gewinnmaximierung, hie-rarchischen Entscheidungsstrukturen und ungleichen Besitzverhältnissen, Letztere gründet auf der Suche nach Allgemeinwohl, Diskurs, politischer Gleichheit und den Verfahren konsensueller oder majoritärer Entsche...
The definition of democracy is highly contested: liberal, social, pluralistic, elitist, decisionist, communitarian, cosmopolitan, republican, deliberative, participatory, feminist, critical, post-modern and multicultural concepts of democracy all compete with each other (Lembcke et al. 2012). From a more simplified perspective, however, three group...
2014). Declining turnout and increasing social selectivity of the electorate also stem from increasingly precarious conditions faced by the lower classes on the labor mar-ket as well as the decline of catch-all parties, labor unions and other large collective organizations that played a crucial role in the politicization and representation of the l...
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perspective, capitalism and democracy seem incompatible. 1. To most economic historians, however, the answer to the question “Can democracy and capitalism be reconciled?” is an obvious “Yes.” A glance around the world today suggests that all the “advanced” capitalist societies are both rich and advanced democracies, and all of the
Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy under considerable stress. Inequality, insecurity, and interdependence have surged globally and appear to be key sources of stress.
Mar 11, 2020 · Democracy and capitalism coexist in many variations around the world, each continuously reshaped by the conditions and the people forming them. Increasingly, people have deep concerns about...
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Dec 31, 2023 · Since the beginning of the neoliberal era, it has been argued that there was a correlation between democracy and capitalism, and a strong democracy could ensure capitalist development and increase welfare. Thus, M. Friedman’s (1912–2006) especially...
