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1 online resource (314 pages) |
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Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Origins: democracy in the ancient Greek world; Introduction; The historical emergence of Athenian democracy; Class struggle in the Ancient Greek polis; Cleisthenes' reforms: establishing demokratia; Peasant citizens, class struggle and democracy; The suppression of democracy from 322-1 BC; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; 2 Democracy suppressed: the Roman republic and empire; Introduction; The historical origins and development of the Roman republic from 509 to 27 BC; Roman territorial expansion |
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The economic and social structure of Roman societyThe political institutions of the Roman republic and the 'conflict of orders'; The 'mixed constitution' of the Roman republic: democracy or oligarchy?; From the principate to the fall of the Roman empire, 27 BC to 476 AD; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; 3 The early Middle Ages and the transition from feudalism to capitalism; Introduction; The early Middle Ages and the emergence of feudalism in Europe; Historical retrogression during the early Middle Ages; The origins of feudalism in Western Europe; The central features of feudalism |
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The growth of feudalismThe crisis of feudalism and the emergence of absolutism in France and capitalism in England; The crisis of feudalism; French absolutism; Explaining the emergence of capitalism in England; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; 4 The English Revolution and parliamentary democracy; Introduction; The English Revolution and civil war, 1640-59; English society in the mid-seventeenth century: population, class, gender and religion; The historical origins of the English Parliament; Background and context, 1603-40; Parliamentary rebellion, civil war and the Levellers, 1640-49 |
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The republic and protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, 1650-59From the restoration of 1660 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; 5 The American Revolution and constitutional redefinition of democracy; Introduction; The American Revolution 1775-87; Background and context; Narrative of events; The constitutional redefinition of democracy, 1787-91; The Philadelphia Convention of 1787; Ratification of the Constitution: federalists versus anti-federalists; The historical novelty of representative democracy; Completing the revolution: civil war 1861-65; Conclusion |
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Guide to further reading6 The revolutionary revival of democracy in France; Introduction; Background and context; Classes, clergy, monarchy; Enlightenment philosophy; Long and short-term causes of the revolution; Narrative of events; The revolt of the nobility; The bourgeois revolution of 1789; The revolutionary Jacobin government and the popular movement, 1792-95; The Jacobin Constitution of 1793; 1795: The fall of the Jacobins and the Thermidorian reaction; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; 7 The revolutions of 1848-49; Introduction; Background and causes |
| Summary |
A critique of liberal democracy, from ancient Athens to today |
| Notes |
A wave of revolution sweeps Europe |
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Print version record |
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Academic Library |
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Democracy -- History
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Democracy -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Marxist.
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Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
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Democracy
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Democracy -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Marxist
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849647144 |
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1849647143 |
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9781849647137 |
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1849647135 |
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