Democracy The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993

Name: Democracy The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993
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ISBN: 9780198279341

ISBN-10: 0198279345

ISBN-13: 9780198279341

Edition: 1992

Authors: John Dunn

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Two and a half thousand years ago the small Greek city state of Athens invented a new form of political regime. Today the name of that form of regime is the only credible basis on which to claim regular and lasting political authority across the entire world. This book explains how a casual practical solution to local Greek political difficulties so long ago has come to stand virtually unchallenged as the ground for modern political authority. It shows how the idea of democracy has kept its power in a world which is utterly different from the world of classical Greece, and how the questions which the Greeks first raised about the meaning of democratic rule still loom over human political…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/27/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Preface


Contributors



Creation And Development Of Democratic Institutions In Ancient Greece


References



Ancient Greek Political Theory As a Response To Democracy


References



Democracy Philosophy And Science In Ancient Greece



Democracy And The American Revolution



Democracy And The French Revolution



The Marxist-Leninist Detour


References



1989 In Eastern Europe Constitutional Representative Democracy As a 'Return to Normality'?


Further Reading


Index