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

by Miller, Jim, 1947-

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

Democracy -- History.

Democracy -- Philosophy.

9780374137649 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Short history of a radical idea, from ancient Athens to our world

ix, 306 p. ; 24 cm.

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

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?

"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.

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