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Author:

Miller, Jim, 1947- author.

Title:

Can democracy work? : a short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world / James Miller.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 306 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Democracy--History.
Democracy--Philosophy.
Democracy.
Democracy--Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-286) and index.

Contents:

Prelude: What is democracy? -- A closed community of self-governing citizens -- A revolutionary assertion of popular sovereignty -- A commercial republic of free individuals -- A struggle for political and social equality -- A hall of mirrors -- Coda: Who are we?

Summary:

"Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In [this book], James Miller, author of the classic history of 1960s protest "Democracy Is in the Streets", offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present."--Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0374137641
9780374137649

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1019944586

LCCN:

2018002536

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)