Strong Democracy

"Strong Democracy" both reveals how narrow the horizon of the liberal imagination is and offers an alternative perspective.
It is a book that can make significant contributions to the agenda of the Turkish left in terms of opening new discussions around the concepts of publicity, citizenship and community by developing the design of direct democracy.
(...) People do not become citizens because they consent to certain abstract truths, but because they become citizens they become people capable of creating appropriate practical truths. Since democracy is an end, not a means, politics is a journey in which the journey is as important as the destination and the relationships between passengers are as vital as the destinations they think they will reach. This design excludes representation because it requires citizens' active participation in the political process. In a strong democratic community, citizens are neighbors bound together not by blood or contract, but by their common interest and common participation in seeking common solutions to common conflicts. The task of democracy is to find institutions and processes that will nourish the political judgment of citizens.
(...) A book that invites us to think about the possibilities of a politics based on humanity.



Number of Pages: 375

Year of Printing: 1999


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Details Publications

First Print Year: 1999

Number of Pages: 375

Language Turkish