Democracy and Social Rights: A Path Toward Equality? [Hardcover]

Acknowledgements

Introduction?? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????

1 Poor Relief and Welfare States?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????

2 The Failure of Social Rights??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????

3 Representation and Democracy?? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????

4 Dmokratia and Oligarchy????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????

5 A Path Toward Equality???????????????? ??????????????????????????????????

Conclusion?? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????

Index

The author argues that our inability to create and entrench social rights, which would help make societies more equal, is rooted in the structures of our political institutions and concludes that our politics, regardless of the presence of elections, cannot carry the mantle democratic.

Inequality is everywhere, while at the same time, representative democracy is under attack. This book considers what we are doing wrong and how we can put it right. The author argues that our inability to create and entrench social rights, which would help make societies more equal, is rooted in the structures of our political institutions and concludes that our politics, regardless of the presence of elections, cannot carry the mantle democratic. This is why substantial social rights are almost nowhere to be seen, especially in liberal welfare regimes like the United States and the United Kingdom. The main lesslƒ|