 "stack of books")
Rethinking Democracy
Edited by Andrew Gamble and
Tony Wright
Wiley, Rs 14.99, 172 pages
There was a time when western political pundits were obsessed with the idea of the imminent death of communism, and for many it became a full-time occupation to write its obituary. And when the “God” eventually did die, we were told the future henceforth belonged to western-style liberal democracy.
There was a time when western political pundits were obsessed with the idea of the imminent death of communism, and for many it became a full-time occupation to write its obituary. And when the “God” eventually did die, we were told the future henceforth belonged to western-style liberal democracy.
Remember Francis Fukuyama’s triumphal prediction that the collapse of Soviet communism was “not just ... the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such... the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and
