: Political Economy and Contemporary Issues -- 6. Inequality -- 7. Democracy -- 8. Individualism versus

increased, and poverty has remained stagnant. As the twentieth anniversary of the transition to democracy is

Democracy -- History -- 20th century.

country to a modern industrialised democracy.

-- The flight from nationalism towards the elusive European identity -- The steady retreat of democracy

masquerading as democracy -- The stillborn and decomposing Arab State -- Wars and oil control -- Dislocation

The rescue of the Euro and its constitutionality. Democracy in the Eurozone. Debt limits in

, Democracy and Social Policy in the EU Bruno Veneziani 6. Collective Action Against Austerity Measures Filip

. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democracy -- a

contemporary capitalist restructuring and globalisation has rendered traditional social democracy obsolete.

and political democracies : Venice, Florence and the Low Countries -- Democracy and dictatorship : the

inequality, democracy, and policy dilemmas in capitalist societies -- Public opinion, social science, and