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Democracy Against Itself

Sustaining an Unsustainable Idea

Mark Chou author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:31st Jul '14

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Why do some democracies self-destruct? Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as well as the uncertain fate of democratic rule in the United States and China today as illustrative examples, Mark Chou examines the conditions and characteristics of democracy that make it prone to self-destruct. In drawing out the political lessons from these past collapses, he explains how a democracy can, simply by being democratic, sow the seeds of its own destruction.

ISBN: 9780748681884

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 429g

208 pages