Democracy: a Reader

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Put together specially for students of democracy, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial commentaries. This new edition includes a new introduction, new sections and 29 new readings published since the first edition.

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Title Statements

Full title :Democracy : a Reader.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

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61 Capitalism and Freedom.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (631 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780748696154, 0748696156, 9780748696147, 0748696148, 9780748696130, 074869613X
oclc:ocn960163376
LC Classification:JC423.D466 2016
Dewey Decimal:321.8

Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition ; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Democracy -- Triumph or Crisis? ; PART ONE Traditional Affirmations of Democracy ; Traditional Affirmations of€Democracy Introduction ; 1 Funeral Oration ; 2 The Politics ; 3 The Discourses ; 4 Leviathan ; 5 The Social Contract ; 6 The Federalist Papers ; 7 Representative Government ; 8 Democracy in America ; 9 The Putney Debates ; 10 Rights of Man ; 11 Declaration of the Rights of Man€and Citizen ; 12 The Gettysburg Address ; 13 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy ; PART TWO Key Concepts.

SECTION I Freedom and AutonomyFreedom and Autonomy Introduction ; 14 The Social Contract ; 15 On The Common Saying: 'This May Be True In Theory But It Does Not Apply In Practice' ; 16 The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the€Moderns ; 17 Two Concepts of Liberty ; 18 In Defense of Anarchism ; SECTION 2 Equality ; Equality Introduction ; 19 The Second Treatise of Government ; 20 The Social Contract ; 21 A Discourse on the Origin of€Inequality ; 22 Equality ; 23 The Idea of Equality ; SECTION 3 Representation ; Representation Introduction ; 24 The Social Contract.

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