Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world / James Miller.
"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 [this book], James Miller, author of the classic history of 1960s protest "Democracy Is in the Streets", offers a...
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| Other title: | Short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prelude: What is democracy?
- A closed community of self-governing citizens
- A revolutionary assertion of popular sovereignty
- A commercial republic of free individuals
- A struggle for political and social equality
- A hall of mirrors
- Coda: Who are we?