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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954713303321

Titolo

The democracy reader / / Sondra Myers, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : International Debate Education Association, 2002

ISBN

0-585-42285-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MyersSondra

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (295-301).

Includes web resources.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Basic Elements of Democracy -- Challenges -- Promise -- Globalization: Its Dimensions and Dynamic -- Bibliography -- Web Sites.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive tool for understanding democracy and the central role that citizens play in making democracy work. Portions of the book are from the highly acclaimed Democracy is a Discussion handbooks. The book is an all-in-one introduction to both the theory and practice of democracy, aimed at upper-level high school and university students and civic-minded adults in both old and new democracies.