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Democracy's good name : the rise and risks of the world's most popular form of government

Author: Michael Mandelbaum
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs ; London : Perseus Running [distributor], 2008.
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In the twentieth century, democracy experienced the equivalent of a boom, spreading outward from mere 10 democratic countries in 1900 to an overwhelming 120 of the world's 190 countries by the year  Read more...

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Genre/Form: History
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Mandelbaum
ISBN: 9781586486648 1586486640
OCLC Number: 209638111
Notes: Originally published: 2007.
Description: pages cm
Contents: Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. The origins of democracy --
The triumph of democracy --
The two traditions --
The odd couple --
The career of popular sovereignty --
The trials of liberty --
2. Democracy from within --
The leading brand --
English exceptionalism --
The two World Wars --
The contest of systems --
The American era --
3. Democracy from within : the magic of the market --
The constant companion --
The wealth effect --
Civil society --
The school for democracy --
Market failures --
4. Democracy and peace --
Modernity and peace --
Popular sovereignty and peace --
Liberty and peace --
Democracy versus peace --
Democracy and terrorism --
5. The future of democracy --
Democracy-promotion --
Democracy in Russia --
Democracy in China --
Democracy in the Arab world --
Democracy in the democracies --
Notes --
Index.
Responsibility: Michael Mandelbaum.

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