An Analysis of 20th-Century Western Democratic Theory
An Analysis of 20th-Century Western Democratic Theory Content Summary An Analysis of 20th-Century Western Democratic Theory covers the following democratic theories: the Social Democratic view of democracy, Max Weber's theory of elite democracy, John Dewey's pragmatic democratic thought, Joseph Schumpeter's theory of competitive elite democracy, the democratic views of Democratic Socialism, Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, James M. Buchanan's constitutional democratic theory, Herbert Marcuse's theory of industrial democracy, John Rawls's political conception of democracy, Samuel Huntington’s liberal conservative view of democracy, Neoliberal democratic theory, Robert Dahl's pluralist democratic theory, the Eurocommunist view of democracy, John Naisbitt’s theory of participatory democracy, and Western theories of deliberative democracy.
About the Author Xin Xiangyang, born in 1965 in Anqiu, Shandong Province, holds a Doctorate in Law. He currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Research Center for the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and Deputy Director of the Department of Marxist Development Studies at the Institute of Marxism Studies. He is a research fellow and doctoral supervisor. His primary research achievements include over 15 individual monographs, such as Future Economics, New Theory of Government, Studies on the "Convergence Theory", The Dukes of a Great Power, Decisions Behind the Red Wall, A Century of Gambling: 100 Years of Relations Between China’s Central and Local Governments, Interpreting China, and The First Piece of Government Theory: Interpreting Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. He has edited or co-authored over 20 works, including An Overview of Domestic and International Democratic Theories, Capital China, Thirty Years of Theoretical Innovation in Marxism, and Research on the Party's Ideological and Theoretical Construction in the New Century and New Stage. He has published over 400 articles in newspapers and journals such as the People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Marxist Studies, and Teaching and Research, as well as the Journal of Renmin University of China. He has led or participated in more than 30 national, provincial, and ministerial-level research projects and has received six national, provincial, and ministerial-level awards.
Table of Contents Foreword: A World of Fantasy within the Real World: A Discernment and Analysis of the Democratic Theories of Western "Marxology" [1] Introduction: Analyzing the Democratic Theories of 20th-Century Western Scholars from a Marxist Perspective Chapter One: Revolution or Reform? — The Social Democratic View of Democracy I. The Historical Background of the Emergence of the Social Democratic View of Democracy II. The Basic Content and Characteristics of the Social Democratic View of Democracy III. A Brief Analysis of the Social Democratic View of Democracy Chapter Two: Elite Democracy or Oligarchic Autocracy? — Max Weber's Theory of Elite Democracy I. The Life and Works of Max Weber II. The Historical Background and Intellectual Origins of Weber's Democratic Theory III. A Complex and Contradictory System: The Theory of Elite Democracy IV. A Dialectical Understanding of Weber’s Elite Democratic Theory Chapter Three: Utility or Faith? — An Appraisal of Dewey’s Pragmatic Democratic Thought