History of democracy a Marxist interpretation

Roper, Brian S 1961-

History of democracy a Marxist interpretation - London Pluto Press 2013 - xv,310p. 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.

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.

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Democracy--History.
Democracy--Philosophy.
Philosophy, Marxist.

JC421 / .R784 2013

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