A concise history of democracy from ancient Greece through modern revolutions, examining its doctrine, practice, and limits alongside rule of law and human rights.
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A concise history of democracy from ancient Greece through modern revolutions, examining its doctrine, practice, and limits alongside rule of law and human rights.
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No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all "democracies" allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises. This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy i...
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Central analysis of democratic theory, history, and governance from antiquity to present
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