Democracy : A very short introduction / Bernard Crick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crick, Bernard, 1929-2008.

Series:

Very short introductions.

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Democracy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Crick argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims.

Contents:

Introduction

1 The word and the deed

2 The place from where we started

3 Republicanism and democracy

4 Comme disait M. de Tocqueville

5 Democracy and populism

6 The conditions of modern democracy

7 Democratic citizenship

Further reading

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611769741

1-281-76974-6

0-19-153911-2

OCLC:

312572309