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



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Autore: Thornton Bruce S. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Democracy's dangers and discontents : the tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama / / Bruce S. Thornton Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8179-1798-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820096103321
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