9780335192991 - democracy von arblaster, anthony (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Democracy This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. 128 pages. cover worn, text in pencil ffepAnthony Arblaster examines the history of both the theory and practice of dem ocracy and the fierce opposition it so often provoked. He finds that through mos t of history democracy meant what we now call direct democracy - the people go verning themselves directly through participation in the processes of decision-t aking and policy-making. The representative type of democracy we are now familia r with was a relatively late arrival on the scene. Arblaster finds the core of t he idea of democracy in the notion of popular power and, in the second part of t he book, he explores the meaning of this and the problem it involves. Drawing on the classical writings of Rousseau, Paine and John Stuart Mill, he shows how wi de the gap is between their idea of a fully democratic society and the limited r ealities of the Western democracies of today. Democracy, he argues, remains a re levant ideal and a challenge to conventional political thinking. This edition ha s been updated to take particular account of the collapse of European communism.…