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Democracy : a very short introduction /

This is a short history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in som...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crick, Bernard, 1929-2008
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Colección:Very short introductions ; 75.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1 The word and the deed; 2 The place from where we started; 3 Republicanism and democracy; 4 Comme disait M. de Tocqueville; 5 Democracy and populism; 6 The conditions of modern democracy; 7 Democratic citizenship; Further reading; Index.