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Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world, James Miller
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- Summary
- Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In Can Democracy Work? James Miller, the author of the classic history of 1960s protest Democracy Is in the Streets, offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present. As he shows, democracy has always been rife with inner tensions. The ancient Greeks preferred to choose leaders by lottery and regarded elections as inherently corrupt and undemocratic. The French revolutionaries sought to incarnate the popular will, but many of them came to see the people as the enemy. And in the United States, the franchise would be extended to some even as it was taken from others. Amid the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century, communists, liberals, and nationalists all sought to claim the ideals of democracy for themselves--even as they manifestly failed to realize them
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374137649
- Label
- Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world
- Title
- Can democracy work?
- Title remainder
- a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world
- Statement of responsibility
- James Miller
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In Can Democracy Work? James Miller, the author of the classic history of 1960s protest Democracy Is in the Streets, offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present. As he shows, democracy has always been rife with inner tensions. The ancient Greeks preferred to choose leaders by lottery and regarded elections as inherently corrupt and undemocratic. The French revolutionaries sought to incarnate the popular will, but many of them came to see the people as the enemy. And in the United States, the franchise would be extended to some even as it was taken from others. Amid the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century, communists, liberals, and nationalists all sought to claim the ideals of democracy for themselves--even as they manifestly failed to realize them
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Jim
- Dewey number
- 321.8
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC423
- LC item number
- .M617 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Democracy
- Democracy
- Democracy
- Democracy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
- Label
- Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world, James Miller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019944586
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374137649
- Lccn
- 2018002536
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019944586
- Label
- Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world, James Miller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019944586
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374137649
- Lccn
- 2018002536
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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