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Item Details
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DEMOCRACY
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| By: |
John Keane |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847377602 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847377609 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2009 |
| Pages: |
992 |
| Description: |
A sweeping, magisterial one-volume history of a much misunderstood, maligned and sometimes abused concept: democracy. |
| Synopsis: |
John Keane's The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: can we really be sure that democracy had its origins in ancient Greece? How did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling that a bad moon is rising over all the world's democracies? Do they indeed have a future? Or is perhaps democracy fated to melt away, along with our polar ice caps? The work of one of Britain's leading political writers, this is no mere antiquarian history. Stylishly written, this superb book confronts its readers with an entirely fresh and irreverent look at the past, present and future of democracy. It unearths the beginnings of such precious institutions and ideals as government by public assembly, votes for women, the secret ballot, trial by jury and press freedom. It tracks the changing, hotly disputed meanings of democracy and describes quite a few of the extraordinary characters, many of them long forgotten, who dedicated their lives to building or defending democracy. And it explains why democracy is still potentially the best form of government on earth -- and why democracies everywhere are sleepwalking their way into deep trouble. |
| Illustrations: |
b-w integrated illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia): Non-Fiction |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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