Democracy, Liberalism and the Challenge of Social Solidarity

Democracy, Liberalism and the Challenge of Social Solidarity

This paper examines modern democracy from the perspective of its capacity to generate social solidarity. To, do so it considers the idea of asabiya, first used by Ibn Khaldûn and more recently applied by Peter Turchin. It postulates that this approach is quite similar to the analysis made...

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Main Author: Greg Melleuish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Social Sciences
Subjects:
Democracy
asabiya
liberalism
social solidarity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/7/110

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http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/7/110

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