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Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world / James Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Jim, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy.
- History.
- Democracy--Philosophy.
- Local Subjects:
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 306 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In [this book], James Miller, author of the classic history of 1960s protest "Democracy Is in the Streets", offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Prelude: What is democracy?
- A closed community of self-governing citizens
- A revolutionary assertion of popular sovereignty
- A commercial republic of free individuals
- A struggle for political and social equality
- A hall of mirrors
- Coda: Who are we?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-286) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780374137649
- 0374137641
- OCLC:
- 1019944586
- Publisher Number:
- 99978187972
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