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Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world Cover Image Book

Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world

Miller, Jim 1947- (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780374137649
  • ISBN: 0374137641
  • Physical Description: print
    ix, 306 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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?

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Democracy History
Democracy Philosophy

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