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Record Nr.

UNISA996214582903316

Autore

Canfora Luciano

Titolo

Democracy in Europe : a history of an ideology / / Luciano Canfora ; translated by Simon Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishing, 2006

ISBN

1-280-36205-7

9786610362059

0-470-79670-7

0-470-75482-6

1-4051-5459-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

The making of Europe

Classificazione

15.70

Disciplina

320.94

321.8094

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A constitution imbued with Hellenism -- The beginning -- How Greek democracy came back into play, and finally left the stage -- Liberalism's first victory -- Universal suffrage -- Universal suffrage -- Trouble for the "old mole" -- Europe "on the march" -- From the slaughter of the Communards to the "sacred unions" -- The Third Republic -- The second failure of universal suffrage -- The "European civil war" -- Progressive democracies, people's democracies -- The Cold War -- Towards the "mixed system" -- Was it a new beginning?.

Sommario/riassunto

This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe. Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century. Examines the twenty-year crisis from 1789 to 1815, when the repercussions of revolution in France were felt across the European continent. Explains how events in France led to the explosion of democratic movements between 1830 and 1848. <l