Politics of Domination

Should we actively support processes of democratisation in other parts of the world? With the end of the cold war, liberal democracy appeared to be ready to spread throughout the world. Established democracies attempted to support this process. But since the beginning of the new century there has been a backlash and ever more often there are accusations of imperialism.

In her innovative book Dorothea Gädeke first formulates the normative foundations and limits to the external support of democracy. She then develops a critical republican theory of justice and shows why the practice of the external support of democracy constitutes a politics of domination as well as how this can be overcome.

»Overall, Politics of Domination is a precisely written and sophisticated book that examines its subject in great depth while presenting the reader with a series of new realizations at the same time.« Neue Politische Literatur

»Moreover, it’s the elements of her critical republicanism […] as well as the conceptions of relational sovereignty of transnational democracy resulting from that which encourage both more in-depth and critical discussions.« Anna Meine, Zeitschrift für philosophische Literatur