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Democracy : a world history /
In our time, the term'democracy'is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient Mesopotamia to the early...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | New Oxford world history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Democracy: A World History; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Parting the Waters and Organizing the People; Chapter 2 Prophetic Movements and Cities of Promise; Chapter 3 Democracy against All Odds; Chapter 4 Which People Shall Rule?; Chapter 5 Social Revolution and Participatory Democracy; Chapter 6 Civil Disobedience and Racial Justice; Chapter 7 Optimism and Outrage in Struggles for Democracy; Chapter 8 New World Dawning; Chronology; Notes; Further Reading; Websites; Acknowledgments; Index.