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This Routledge book challenges the assumption that democracy is universally understood, examining how liberal democratic values are both relativized by non-democratic regimes claiming culturally specific versions of democracy and undermined by the automatic labelling of Western-modelled institutions as democratic. Decentring the West: The Idea of Democracy and the Struggle for Hegemony demonstrates the urgent need to revisit the foundations of global political legitimacy, offering critical analysis of how democracy is defined, contested, and deployed across different societies. Essential reading for scholars and students of political theory, this work interrogates the relationship between Western democratic models and the global struggle for hegemony, providing conceptual tools to understand contemporary debates about governance, legitimacy, and cultural difference in the 21st century.

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Routledge publication offering rigorous academic examination of democracy as a contested global concept rather than a universal norm.

Addresses how non-democratic regimes appropriate democratic language by framing their systems as culturally specific versions of democracy.

Critiques the automatic association of Western-style institutions and norms with genuine democracy, exposing ideological assumptions in global political discourse.

Explores the relationship between Western hegemony and the struggle over what constitutes legitimate democratic governance worldwide.

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Release Date
28 April 2013
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15 October 2012

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