Democracy's dangers & discontents : the tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama /
By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens eq...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University,
[2014]
Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2014 Stanford, California : [2014] |
| Series: | Hoover Institution Press publication ;
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| Summary: | By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something sim By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary American policy |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 pages) 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0817917942 0817917969 0817917977 0817917985 9780817917944 9780817917968 9780817917975 9780817917982 (e-book) 9780817917982 |
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