Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Jan 16, 2003
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
7.16x0.38x4.46 Inches
Weight
0.25 Pounds
About the Book
No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all 'democracies' allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises.This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not asufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims.