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Title Statement | Democracy: a very short introduction / Naomi Zack. |
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Author | Zack, Naomi, 1944- |
Publication | New York: Oxford University Press,[2023]©2023 |
Extent of Item | xxi, 164 pages |
ISBN | 9780192845061 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr07306421 |
Contents | Thinking about democracy : tools for understanding --Democracy in the ancient world : Greece, Rome, and beyond --Democracy in the medieval and Renaissance world --The social contract : consent of those governed --Rights and revolutions: (exclusive) political equality --Social progressivism : toward democracy in society --New democracies and new conceptions of democracy --The future of democracy : threats and resilience. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed have a say in government. But different conceptions of democracy have left many out. Naomi Zack provides here a fresh treatment of the history of this idea and its key conceptions. Providing a descriptive philosophical distinction between conceptions, considering different instances of democracy and uses of the concept, and discussing normative ideals of democracy that claim to express what it really is. Zack explores existing forms of democratic government and considers traditional and alternative historical approaches to democracy, while analyzing ideas about democracy from leading social and political thinkers, from Plato to Rawls. |
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By Topic | Democracy |
Democracy--History | |
Representative government and representation | |
World politics |