Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought
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In this magnificent and encyclopedic overview, James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who struggled to envision and achieve it. The story of democracy remains one without an ending, a dynamic of progress and regress that continues to our own day. In the classical age "democracy" was seen as the failure rather than the ideal of good governance. Democracies were deemed chaotic and bloody, indicative of rule...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:019505461X
ISBN13:9780195054613
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:912 Pages
Weight:3.15 lbs.
Dimensions:2.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"
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