The Dialectics of Democracy

Towards a Socialist Constitutionalism

Dimitrios Kivotidis

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Routledge
05 March 2024

Political structures: democracy; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Constitutional & administrative law; Social law

This book examines how the democratic form and the struggle for democracy reflects, influences and shapes the struggle for social emancipation.

In the context of increased exploitation, rising inequality, and intensified struggle for social justice in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the channelling of populism through liberal democratic institutions has had contradictory effects: giving rise to both Corbyn and Brexit, Sanders and Trump, Syriza and the Golden Dawn, to name but a few. How can we make sense of these developments? In response, this book approaches the idea of democracy from a socialist constitutionalist standpoint and explores institutional forms and principles that challenge and aim at the transformation of the extant social order. This process involves the challenging of well-established ideas of the liberal viewpoint, as well as an unwavering focus on the issue of class rule which enables the highlighting of limitations of -not only mainstream but also heterodox- contemporary approaches to constitutionalism and democracy. Ultimately, democracy is conceived as a process of struggle for creating the conditions, material as well as intellectual, for its actualisation.

This significant work of legal and political theory will be of considerable interest to those working in these areas to make sense of contemporary developments, and to further the causes of social justice and social emancipation.

By: Dimitrios Kivotidis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9780367429720
ISBN 10: 0367429721
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 05 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part One - Capitalism and Democracy 1. Dialectical Materialist Approach to Democracy 2. Democracy in the Stage of Imperialism 3. 'Radical' Theories of Democracy 4. Democracy and Digital Capitalims Part Two - Democracy and Socialism 5. Social-Democratic Constitutionalism 6. Socialist Constitutionalism 7. The Democratic Form in Communism

Dimitrios Kivotidis is a Lecturer in Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.