| Description |
xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Classical democracy : Athens -- 2. Republicanism : liberty, self-government and the active citizen -- 3. The development of liberal democracy : for and against the state -- 4. Direct democracy and the end of politics -- 5. Competitive elitism and the technocratic vision -- 6. Pluralism, corporate capitalism and the state -- 7. From postwar stability to political crisis : the polarization of political ideals -- 8. Democracy after Soviet communism -- 9. Deliberative democracy and the defence of the public realm -- 10. Democratic autonomy -- 11. Democracy, the nation-state and the global system |
| Notes |
First published in the USA by Stanford University Press, 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-327) and index |
| Subject |
Democracy -- History.
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| ISBN |
0804754721 paperback |
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9780804754729 paperback |
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