
Globalizing Democracy
Power, Legitimacy and the Interpretation of Democratic Ideas
Katherine Fierlbeck(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 17. September 1998
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7190-4995-8 (ISBN)
Description
Britain's work camp systems have never before been studied in depth. Highly readable, and based on thorough archival research and the reminiscences of those involved, this fascinating book addresses the relations between work, masculinity, training and citizen service.
The book is a comprehensive study, from the labour colonies of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain to the government instructional centres of the 1930s. It covers therapeutic communities for alcoholics, epileptics, prostitutes and 'mental defectives', as well as alternative communities founded by socialists, anarchists and nationalists in the hope of building a new world. It explores residential training schemes for women, many of which sought to develop 'soft bodies' fit for domestic service, while more mainstream camps were preoccupied with 'hardening' male bodies through heavy labour.
Working men's bodies will interest anyone specialising in modern British history, and those concerned with social policy, training policy, unemployment, and male identities. -- .
The book is a comprehensive study, from the labour colonies of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain to the government instructional centres of the 1930s. It covers therapeutic communities for alcoholics, epileptics, prostitutes and 'mental defectives', as well as alternative communities founded by socialists, anarchists and nationalists in the hope of building a new world. It explores residential training schemes for women, many of which sought to develop 'soft bodies' fit for domestic service, while more mainstream camps were preoccupied with 'hardening' male bodies through heavy labour.
Working men's bodies will interest anyone specialising in modern British history, and those concerned with social policy, training policy, unemployment, and male identities. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-4995-8 (9780719049958)
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Katherine Fierlbeck
Globalizing Democracy
Power, Legitimacy and the Interpretation of Democratic Ideas (2nd Ed.)
E-Book
07/2013
2nd Edition
Manchester University Press
€27.49
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Person
Katherine Fierlbeck is Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada
Content
Contextualizing the debate over democracy. Part 1 Interpreting democracy - philosophical ideas: the ambiguity of democracy; expanding democracy; non-liberal democracy. Part 2 Explaining democracy - casual debates: the market; civil society. Part 3 Pursuing democracy - political debates; the politics of definition.