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Democracy Against Itself

Democracy Against Itself Sustaining an Unsustainable Idea

Hardback (31 Jul 2014)

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Why do some democracies self-destruct? Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as well as the uncertain fate of democratic rule in the United States and China today as illustrative examples, Mark Chou examines the conditions and characteristics of democracy that make it prone to self-destruct. In drawing out the political lessons from these past collapses, he explains how a democracy can, simply by being democratic, sow the seeds of its own destruction.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780748681884
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 321.8
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 432g
Height: 242mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 15mm