THE THEORY AND REALITY OF DEMOCRACY by Suman Gupta ( 9780826488350 )

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THE THEORY AND REALITY OF DEMOCRACY
A CASE STUDY IN IRAQ

By:

Suman Gupta

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0826488358

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Pub. date:

1 March, 2006

Pages:

224

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A study of conceptualizations and applications of the idea of democracy in international and trans-national politics, which uses a politically realist methodology. Divided into two parts, this book tests these against specific real world events, using the invasion and occupation of Iraq by a US-UK led coalition as a case study.

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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.

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Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

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