What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as collective and limited self-government by citizens. That, rather than majority tyranny, is what democracy meant in an
Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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