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010			_a 2009010112
020			_a9781416526063
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn286488039
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050	0	0	_aJC421 _b.K37 2009
100	1		_aKeane, John _d1949- _934886
245	1	4	_aLife and death of democracy
260			_aLondon _bPocket _c2009
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [888]-929) and index.
505	0		_aAssembly democracy. Athens ; West by east -- Representative democracy. On representative government ; The American century ; Caudillo democracy ; The European graveyard -- Monitory democracy. Under the Banyan tree ; Sea changes ; Memories from the future ; Why democracy ; New democratic rules.
520			_a"John Keane's The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: can we really be sure that democracy had its origins in ancient Greece? How did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling that a bad moon is rising over all the world's democracies? Do they indeed have a future? Or is perhaps democracy fated to melt away, along with our polar ice caps? [...] Stylishly written, this superb book confronts its readers with an entirely fresh and irreverent look at the past, present and future of democracy [...] It tracks the changing, hotly disputed meanings of democracy and describes quite a few of the extraordinary characters, many of them long forgotten, who dedicated their lives to building or defending democracy." -- Book jacket.
650		0	_aDemocracy _xHistory. _934887
650		0	_aWorld politics. _934888
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