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Democracy - a Work in Progress : an Irreverent Exercise in Political Thought.
""Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those that have been tried before.""--Winston Churchill. So how should mankind organise itself to ensure a civilised society?In this personal, and sometimes challenging, work the author argues that an idealised form of po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Luton, Bedfordshire :
Imprint Academic,
2019.
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| Colección: | Societas Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | ""Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those that have been tried before.""--Winston Churchill. So how should mankind organise itself to ensure a civilised society?In this personal, and sometimes challenging, work the author argues that an idealised form of political government has been the goal of mankind since Plato himself. But political thinking has overwhelmingly been a theoretical exercise detached from reality. Little consideration was given to the fact that it is humans - who do not behave as rationally as political theories are bound to assume - who must implement. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (73 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781788360180 1788360184 |