02533nam 2200601 450 991078807840332120230126211032.01-4985-0245-81-4985-0244-X(CKB)2670000000574432(EBL)1832625(SSID)ssj0001368979(PQKBManifestationID)12433825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001368979(PQKBWorkID)11288838(PQKB)10566536(MiAaPQ)EBC1832625(Au-PeEL)EBL1832625(CaPaEBR)ebr11027752(CaONFJC)MIL656221(OCoLC)894895261(EXLCZ)99267000000057443220150310h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTrust in the capacities of the people, distrust in elites /Kenneth GoodLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-24941-5 1-4985-0243-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 Athenian Participatory Democracy, 508-322 BCE; 2 Democratization in Britain; 3 Democratization in South Africa; 4 Democracy in the Capitalist Heartlands; 5 Democratization from Portugal to Poland, 1970s-1990s, and in Tunisia and Egypt Since 2010; 6 Democratization in South Africa; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author<span><span>Democratization is conceived as an unending struggle by the poor majority against the small elite of wealth, status, and power. This book is a critical, comparative, and global approach to the study of democratization and the participants who bring the processes and actual struggles alive.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>DemocratizationCase studiesElite (Social sciences)Political activityCase studiesLegitimacy of governmentsCase studiesDemocratizationElite (Social sciences)Political activityLegitimacy of governments321.8Good Kenneth1933-691202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788078403321Trust in the capacities of the people, distrust in elites3721980UNINA