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The history of democracy : a Marxist interpretation /
Democracy under neoliberalism has become tarnished, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue policies against the interests of the people. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world. Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Mar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins: democracy in the ancient Greek world
- Democracy suppressed: the Roman republic and empire
- The early Middle Ages and the transition from feudalism to capitalism
- The English Revolution and parliamentary democracy
- The American Revolution and constitutional redefinition of democracy
- The revolutionary revival of democracy in France
- The revolutions of 1848-49
- Capitalist expansion, globalisation and democratisation
- The Marxist critique of capitalism and representative democracy
- Precursors of socialist participatory democracy: the Paris Commune 1871 and Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.