Democracy's dangers and discontents : the tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama / Bruce S. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Bruce S., author.

Series:

Hoover Institution press publication Democracy's dangers & discontents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--20th century.

Democracy.

Democracy--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>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 <I>Democracy's Dangers & Discontents</I>, 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

Contents:

Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Triumph of Democracy and the Antidemocratic Tradition; 1 The Monitory Failures of Athenian Democracy; 2 The Antidemocratic Tradition and the American Founding; 3 Democracy and Leviathan; Conclusion: Restoring Limited Government; Bibliography; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

ISBN:

0-8179-1798-5

OCLC:

925777218