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1 online resource (xxi, 369 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Theodore K. Rabb, Ezra N. Suleiman -- PRE-MODERN EUROPE -- Conditions for Athenian democracy / Josiah Ober -- Republic and democracy: on early modern origins of democratic theory / Maurizio Viroli -- Institutions and ideas: planting the roots of democracy in early modern Europe / Theodore K. Rabb -- Response to Ober, Viroli, and Rabb / George Kateb -- MODERN EUROPE -- Hope, disappointment, and self-restraint: reflections on the democratic experiment / Anne Sa'adah -- Democracy in Spain: two paradigms / Edward Malefakis -- Potemkin democracy / Stephen Holmes -- Dilemmas of democracy in the European Union / Ezra N. Suleiman -- ASIA, AFRICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST -- Recasting the primacy of politics in Israeli democracy / Asher Arian -- Prospects for democracy in tropical Africa / Robert L. Tignor -- Nature of South African democracy: political dominance and economic inequality / Jeffrey Herbst -- Democracy in Turkey / Bernard Lewis -- East Asian democratic transitions / Kent E. Calder -- Response to Arian, Tignor, and Herbst / Irving Leonard Markovitz -- LATIN AMERICA -- Capitalism and democracy in South America / Jeremy Adelman -- Democratic pathways: crossroads, detours, and dead ends in Central America / Deborah J. Yashar -- UNITED STATES -- Possibilities for democracy in America / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Race, ethnicity, and American democracy: an (unguarded) optimistic view / Sean Wilentz -- Conclusion / Theodore K. Rabb, Ezra N. Suleiman |
| Summary |
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
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Revised contributions of a conference--from the introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Democracy -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
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Democracy -- History -- Congresses
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Democracy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Democracy -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Democracy
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Demokratie
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Geschichte
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Democratie.
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Démocratie -- Etudes transculturelles.
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Démocratie -- Histoire.
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Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rabb, Theodore K
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Suleiman, Ezra N., 1941-
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| ISBN |
9781136704680 |
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113670468X |
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9781315023526 |
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1315023520 |
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1136704612 |
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9781136704611 |
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