| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 211 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps. |
| Series |
Political and economic systems |
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Gale eBooks
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Political & economic systems.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
chapter 1. Determining democracy -- chapter 2. Democratic beginnings in classical Greece -- chapter 3. Rome's republic -- chapter 4. The theory of democracy -- chapter 5. Toward representative democracy : Europe to the 19th century -- chapter 6. 19th-century developments in the United States -- chapter 7. Old questions but fresh answers -- chapter 8. Election -- chapter 9. Two-party system -- chapter 10. The spread of democracy in the 20th century and beyond -- chapter 11. 20th-century theories of democracy -- chapter 12. Aristotle's "ideal democracy" -- chapter 13. Democracy's problems and challenges. |
| Summary |
The book covers the concept of democracy and addresses some of the volatile questions that continue to puzzle even the best of us. It provides a survey of the development of this form of government, dating back to its invention in ancient Athens and continuing to the present, following its development with the changing times. |
| Subject |
Democracy -- History.
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| Added Author |
Lowery, Zoe, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Democracy. New York, NY : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, [2015] 9781622753567 (DLC) 2014004688 |
| ISBN |
9781622753574 (electronic book) |
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9781622753567 (library bound) |
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