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Overview"In our time, the term ""democracy"" is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient Mesopotamia to the early twenty first century to create democratic governments that allow people to secure food, shelter, land, water, and peace for their mutual benefit.Since early times, proponents of direct or participatory democracy have come into conflict with the leaders of representative institutions that claim singular power over democracy. Patriots of one form or another have tried to reclaim the initiative to determine what democracy should mean and who should manage it. Frequently, people in small communities, trade unions, or repressed racial, religious, and political groups have marched forward using the language of democracy to carve a space for themselves and their ideas at the center of political life. Sometimes they have reinterpreted the old laws, and sometimes they have formulated new laws and institutions in order to gain greater opportunities to debate the major issues of their time. This book examines the development of the democratic ideal from ancient Rome to the Cortes in Spain, the philosophies of Guru Nanak and the Castilian patriot Juan de Padilla, and such inspirational personalities as the Polish trade unionist Anna Walentnyowicz and Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi. Though few democracies have sustained themselves for significant lengths of time, their emergence nearly everywhere on earth over thousands of years indicates their resilience despite the fragility of the democratic ideal." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Temma KaplanPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.10cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9780195338089ISBN 10: 0195338081 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 15 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents Editors' Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Parting the Waters and Organizing the People Chapter 2 Prophetic Movements and Cities of Promise Chapter 3 Democracy against All Odds Chapter 4 Which People Shall Rule? Chapter 5 Social Revolution and Participatory Democracy Chapter 6 Civil Disobedience and Racial Justice Chapter 7 Optimism and Outrage in Struggles for Democracy Chapter 8 New World Dawning Chronology Notes Further Reading Websites Acknowledgments IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTemma Kaplan is Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. A longtime teacher, scholar, and activist in pursuit of social justice, she has brought all thse commitments to bear in her studies of the Spanish anarchists, Picasso in Barcelona, women's struggles to fight environmental and political racism in from South Africa to North Carolina, and in the worldwide attempts of ordinary people to create and sustain the democratic institutions that would enable them to live together in justice and peace. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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