The Resource Democracy and its crisis, A.C. Grayling
Democracy and its crisis, A.C. Grayling
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- Summary
- "Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A.C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history--Periclean Athens, the English Civil War, the American and French Revolutions, among them--in which the challenges we face today were first encountered and what solutions, however imperfect, were found. Then he lays bare the specific problems of democracy in the twenty-first century and maps out a set of urgently needed reforms. With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place, yet it is this space that it must occupy, says Grayling, if a civilized society, that looks after all its people, is to flourish."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 225 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Part I
- The history of the dilemma part I : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli
- The history of the dilemma part II : the Putney debates, 1647
- The beginnings of a solution part I : Locke, Hobbes, Spinoza
- The beginnings of a solution part II : Montesquieu, Rousseau
- Solution proposed part I : Madison, Constant
- Solutions proposed part II : De Tocqueville, Mill
- Part II
- Alternative democracies and anti-democracies
- Why it has gone wrong
- Making representative government work
- The people and the constitution
- Conclusion
- Appendix I. Brexit
- Appendix II. The failure of democracy elsewhere
- Isbn
- 9781786072894
- Label
- Democracy and its crisis
- Title
- Democracy and its crisis
- Statement of responsibility
- A.C. Grayling
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A.C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history--Periclean Athens, the English Civil War, the American and French Revolutions, among them--in which the challenges we face today were first encountered and what solutions, however imperfect, were found. Then he lays bare the specific problems of democracy in the twenty-first century and maps out a set of urgently needed reforms. With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place, yet it is this space that it must occupy, says Grayling, if a civilized society, that looks after all its people, is to flourish."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grayling, A. C
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Democracy
- Label
- Democracy and its crisis, A.C. Grayling
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I -- The history of the dilemma part I : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli -- The history of the dilemma part II : the Putney debates, 1647 -- The beginnings of a solution part I : Locke, Hobbes, Spinoza -- The beginnings of a solution part II : Montesquieu, Rousseau -- Solution proposed part I : Madison, Constant -- Solutions proposed part II : De Tocqueville, Mill -- Part II -- Alternative democracies and anti-democracies -- Why it has gone wrong -- Making representative government work -- The people and the constitution -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. Brexit -- Appendix II. The failure of democracy elsewhere
- Control code
- 037938271
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9781786072894
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- Democracy and its crisis, A.C. Grayling
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I -- The history of the dilemma part I : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli -- The history of the dilemma part II : the Putney debates, 1647 -- The beginnings of a solution part I : Locke, Hobbes, Spinoza -- The beginnings of a solution part II : Montesquieu, Rousseau -- Solution proposed part I : Madison, Constant -- Solutions proposed part II : De Tocqueville, Mill -- Part II -- Alternative democracies and anti-democracies -- Why it has gone wrong -- Making representative government work -- The people and the constitution -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. Brexit -- Appendix II. The failure of democracy elsewhere
- Control code
- 037938271
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9781786072894
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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