The problem of democracy

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"De Benoist proposes that effective democracy would mean a return to an understanding of citizenship as being tied to one's belonging to a specific political community based on shared values and common historical ties, while doing away with the liberal notion of the delegation of sovereignty to elected representatives. The type of government which is called for is thus a return to the form of government widely understood in Antiquity, but which now seems to us to be a revolutionary notion."--Ja…

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Full title :The problem of democracy / Alain de Benoist.

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Publication Date:©2011.

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Publisher(s):Arktos
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

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Description:103 pages ; : 23 cm

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ISBN:1907166165, 9781907166167, 1907166173, 9781907166174
oclc:ocn713181908
LC Classification:JC423
Dewey Decimal:321.8

A note from the editor -- Preface / Tomislav Sunic -- I. The ancients and the moderns -- II. A defence of democracy -- III. Popular sovereignty and pluralism -- IV. The crisis of democracy -- V. Towards organic democracy -- Postface: ten theses on democracy.