Privatizing Democracy by Jule Goikoetxea

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This book argues that postnational and postsovereign multi-level governance regimes, including the EU, are mechanisms of global capitalism aimed at privatizing democracy. Through detailed analysis of the Basque case, it illustrates how democratization is closely linked to territory, collective empowerment and institutional political capacity.

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Privatizing Democracy by Jule Goikoetxea

This book argues that postnational and postsovereign multi-level governance regimes, including the EU, are mechanisms of global capitalism aimed at privatizing democracy. Through detailed analysis of the Basque case, it illustrates how democratization is closely linked to territory, collective empowerment and institutional political capacity.

Jule Goikoetxea is a member of the European Studies Centre at St Antony’s College and the International Gender Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. She was previously the academic director of the Master’s in Governance and Political Studies at the University of the Basque Country, where she was appointed a professor of political theory. She is also a columnist and a regular contributor to national media.

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ISBN 13 9783034322614
ISBN 10 3034322615
Title Privatizing Democracy
Author Jule Goikoetxea
Series Nationalisms Across The Globe
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Year published 2017-08-30
Number of pages 270
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