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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- History.
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Democracy. |
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History. |
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Democracy -- 21st century.
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21st century |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Demokrati. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thornton, Bruce S. Democracy's Dangers & Discontents : The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama. Chicago : Hoover Institution Press, ©2014 9780817917944 |
| ISBN |
9780817917982 (electronic book) |
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0817917985 (electronic book) |
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9780817917968 (electronic book) |
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0817917969 (electronic book) |
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0817917942 |
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9780817917944 |
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9780817917975 (mobi) |
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0817917977 (mobi) |
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9780817917944 |
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