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1 online resource (xv, 310 pages) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Origins: democracy in the ancient Greek world --Democracy suppressed: the Roman republic and empire -- The early Middle Ages and the transition from feudalism to capitalism -- The English Revolution and parliamentary democracy -- The American Revolution and constitutional redefinition of democracy -- The revolutionary revival of democracy in France -- The revolutions of 1848-49 -- Capitalist expansion, globalisation and democratisation -- The Marxist critique of capitalism and representative democracy -- Precursors of socialist participatory democracy: the Paris Commune 1871 and Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. |
| Summary |
Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Marxist theoretical framework. He traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy in Europe and North America, through to the global spread of democracy during the past century. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Democracy -- History.
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Democracy -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy, Marxist.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Print version: Roper, Brian S. (Brian Staples), 1961- History of democracy : a Marxist interpretation. London : Pluto Press, 2013 xv, 310 pages 9780745331898 (DLC) 2012532757 |
| ISBN |
9780745331898 |
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9780745331904 |
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9781849647137 PDF (ebook) |
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9781849647151 Kindle (ebook) |
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9781849647144 EPUB (ebook) |
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