Democracy: a very short introduction
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Main Author: Crick, Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
This is a short history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims
Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1 The word and the deed; 2 The place from where we started; 3 Republicanism and democracy; 4 Comme disait M. de Tocqueville; 5 Democracy and populism; 6 The conditions of modern democracy; 7 Democratic citizenship; Further reading; Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (130 pages)
ISBN:0191539112
9780191539114

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