
Democracy: All That Matters
Steven Beller(Author)
John Murray Learning (Publisher)
Published on 25. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4441-7887-6 (ISBN)
Description
Democracy is in crisis. This is a crisis of growth on the one hand, with the Arab Spring and possible change in Burma and elsewhere, but also a crisis of alienation and stagnation in the more established democracies, in the United States and in Europe, where apathy and the uncontrolled power exerted by financial markets and the wealthy are threatening the core of democratic effectiveness and democratic values. We can no longer take democracy for granted, if we ever could, because it is both more powerful and widespread than it has ever been, and more under threat.
This short book, of about 25,000 words, spells out the basic characteristics of modern-day democracy, its origins, its history, its current practice and problems, and its potential future.
This short book, of about 25,000 words, spells out the basic characteristics of modern-day democracy, its origins, its history, its current practice and problems, and its potential future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-7887-6 (9781444178876)
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Steven Beller
Democracy: All That Matters
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10/2013
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Steven Beller is a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University, Washington DC, and a former Research Fellow in History at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
Content
1.: Introduction: Why should we care about democracy?
1.: Introduction: Why should we care about democracy?
2.: What do we mean by "democracy"?
2.: What do we mean by "democracy"?
3.: Where did democracy come from?
3.: Where did democracy come from?
4.: How does democracy work?
4.: How does democracy work?
5.: How democratic are today's democracies?
5.: How democratic are today's democracies?
6.: Is there a future for democracy?
6.: Is there a future for democracy?
7.: Conclusion: Why we should care about democracy
7.: Conclusion: Why we should care about democracy
1.: Introduction: Why should we care about democracy?
2.: What do we mean by "democracy"?
2.: What do we mean by "democracy"?
3.: Where did democracy come from?
3.: Where did democracy come from?
4.: How does democracy work?
4.: How does democracy work?
5.: How democratic are today's democracies?
5.: How democratic are today's democracies?
6.: Is there a future for democracy?
6.: Is there a future for democracy?
7.: Conclusion: Why we should care about democracy
7.: Conclusion: Why we should care about democracy