Democracy's dangers and discontents : the tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama / / Bruce S. Thornton

• Autore: Thornton Bruce S.
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.809049
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - 20th century; Democracy - 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Triumph of Democracy and the Antidemocratic Tradition; 1 The Monitory Failures of Athenian Democracy; 2 The Antidemocratic Tradition and the American Founding; 3 Democracy and Leviathan; Conclusion: Restoring Limited Government; Bibliography; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In <I>Democracy's Dangers & Discontents</I>, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something sim
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy's dangers and discontents
• ISBN: 0-8179-1798-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820096103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II