Fragile Democracy: The Use and Abuse of Power in Western Societies

Eva Etzioni-Halevy, Ḥawwā ʿEṣyônî-Hallēwî

Transaction Publishers, 1989 - Political Science - 194 pages

For more than a generation now, there has been a competition between two alternative theories of the nature of power in Western democracies: the pluralist model and the critical or elite model (including Marxism). Etzioni-Halevy develops a third or democratic-elite model, based on historical and com

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fragile Democracy: The Use and Abuse of Power in Western Societies
• Authors: Eva Etzioni-Halevy, Ḥawwā ʿEṣyônî-Hallēwî
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers, 1989
• ISBN: 0887382703, 9780887382703
• Length: 194 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness