Democracy's Missing Meaning
Culture and Society, May 2015
2 Pages Posted: 23 Sep 2015
Date Written: May 15, 2015
Abstract
The decision to abandon relative peace and prosperity for brutal war and instability may seem irrational. But young people, born and raised in democratic societies, have increasingly been yielding to the appeal of death-dealing groups like the Islamic State, leaving their homes and families to wage jihad in faraway places. Why has democracy lost the allegiance of these restless spirits, and how can it recapture the hearts and minds of others who would follow suit?
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Sherwin, Richard Kenneth, Democracy's Missing Meaning (May 15, 2015). Culture and Society, May 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2664297
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