02769nam 2200601 450 991078714160332120230807212114.00-19-992996-30-19-971374-X(CKB)3710000000260896(EBL)1819544(OCoLC)893739817(SSID)ssj0001409287(PQKBManifestationID)11835514(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001409287(PQKBWorkID)11359068(PQKB)10879178(Au-PeEL)EBL1819544(CaPaEBR)ebr10955256(MiAaPQ)EBC1819544(EXLCZ)99371000000026089620141031h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocracy a world history /Temma KaplanNew York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (177 p.)New Oxford World HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-533808-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Democracy: A World History; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Parting the Waters and Organizing the People; Chapter 2 Prophetic Movements and Cities of Promise; Chapter 3 Democracy against All Odds; Chapter 4 Which People Shall Rule?; Chapter 5 Social Revolution and Participatory Democracy; Chapter 6 Civil Disobedience and Racial Justice; Chapter 7 Optimism and Outrage in Struggles for Democracy; Chapter 8 New World Dawning; Chronology; Notes; Further Reading; Websites; Acknowledgments; IndexAt a moment when the term ""Democracy"" is evoked to express inchoate aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that may or may not benefit more than a select minority of the population, this book examines attempts from ancient Mesopotemia to the democratic movements of the early twenty-first century to sustain and improve their own lives and those of outsiders who have migrated into territory they regard as their own. Democratic activists have formed organizations to regulate the distribution of water, to restore the environment, and to assure that they and thNew Oxford world history.DemocracyGovernment accountabilityState, TheDemocracy.Government accountability.State, The.321.8Kaplan Temma1181588MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787141603321Democracy3800997UNINA