Critical Theory and Democracy : Civil Society, Dictatorship, and Constitutionalism in Andrew Arato’s Democratic Theory (Hardcover)

Introduction: The Political and Social Thought of Andrew Arato Enrique Peruzzotti and Martin Plot  PART I: From Critical Theory to Constitution Making: The Contemporary Relevance or Arato’s Democratic Theory  1. Democracy, Anti-politics and the Actuality of the History of Political Thought Dick Howard  2. Constitutionalism in Fragmented Societies: The Integrative Function of Constitutions Ulrich K. Preuß  3. The Concept of "Self-Binding" in Constitutional Theory Hubertus Buchstein  4. Popular Sovereignty Janos Kis  5. Palestinians in Israel: The Constitutional Debates Uri Ram  PART II - Civil Society, Populism, and the Modern Executive: Arato’s Intellectual Influence in the Americas  6. The Concept of Civil Society and the Latin American Debate on Democratic Innovation Alberto J. Olvera  7. Civil Society in Latin America: From the Excluded Other to Democratic Deepening Leonardo Avritzer  8. Between Authoritarianism and Democracy in Latin America’s Re-Founding Revolutions Carlos de la Torre  9. The Bad Uses of the Concept of Populism in Latin America Nicolas Lynch  10. A Trickling Fountain or a Devastating Torrent: Andrew Arato’s Theory of the Modern Republican Executive  Maria Victoria Crespo  Appendix I: Conceptual History of Dictatorship (And its Rivals) Andrew Arato  Appendix II: Andrew Arato’s Bibliography