The decline and rise of democracy : a global history from antiquity to today /

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"Historical accounts of democracy's rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer-democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas b...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Stasavage, David (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Collection:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Sujets:
Democracy > History.
Political science > History.
World politics > History.
Politique mondiale > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democracy
Political science
World politics
Demokratie
Geschichte
Parlamentarismus
Politisches System
Staat
Funktion
Governance
Electronic books.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Origins of democratic rule
  • Early democracy was widespread
  • Weak states inherited democracy
  • When technology undermined democracy
  • The development of representation in Europe
  • China as the bureaucratic alternative
  • How democracy disappeared in the Islamic world
  • Democracy and economic development over the long run
  • Why England was different
  • Democracy-and slavery-in America
  • The spread of modern democracy
  • The ongoing democratic experiment.

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