1  Dedication

      2  Title page

      3  Copyright page

      4  Acknowledgements

      5  Abbreviations

      6  Preface Post scriptum

      7  1 What Is Post-Democracy? Democratic Moments The Weakening of Democracy Liberal Democracy and Other Forms

      8  2 Inequality and Corruption Inequality and Democracy From lobbying to clandestine opinion manipulation Redefining Corruption Imperfect competition and corporate neoliberalism New public management The outsourcing of public services Conclusion

      9  3 The 2008 Financial Crisis How Financial Markets Were Deregulated What Does 2008 Tell Us About Post-Democracy? Would stronger democracy have performed better? Conclusion

      10  4 The European Debt Crisis The Handling of the Eurozone Crisis and Post-Democracy European Post-Democracy

      11  5 Politicized Pessimistic Nostalgia: A Cure Worse than the Disease Understanding Pessimistic Nostalgia The US Central and Eastern Europe Western Europe The UK and Brexit Conclusion: The Non-Democratic Supports of Democracy

      12  6 The Fate of Twentieth-Century Political Identities The Decline of Class and Religion Cultural and Economic Politics

      13  7 Beyond Post-Democracy? The Dependence of Democracy on Non-Democratic Institutions Reviving Democratic Alternatives Changing Formal Politics The revival of environmentalism The potentiality of gender politics

      14  References

      15  Index

      16  End User License Agreement

      1  Cover

      2  Contents

      3  1 What Is Post-Democracy?

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