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Re-examines the history of democracy, broadening the traditional view with previously unexplored examples This substantial reference work critically re-examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to possible directions it may take in the future. 44 chapters explore the origins of democracy and explore new – and sometimes surprising – examples from around the world. Each of the 9 parts introduces the period, followed by 3 to 7 case studies. The first book to study lesser-known histories of democracy alongside familiar examples Includes historical accounts from leading scholars that document the development of democratic practices in their area or epoch of interest Contributors include Jack Goody, John Keane, Larbi Sadiki, James Anderson, John Fisher and Seymour Drescher Examples include ancient India, medieval Venetia, Native America, Iraqis, ancient Athens, Women's Suffrage and the Anti-Apartheid movement

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Author:   Benjamin Isakhan ,  Stephen Stockwell ,  Christopher Boehm ,  Andrew Bradstock
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.992kg
ISBN:  

9781474400145

ISBN 10:   1474400140
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   20 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Preface, Jack Goody; Introduction: The Complex and Contested History of Democracy, Benjamin Isakhan; Part I: Pre Classical Democracy; Pre History, Christopher Boehm; The Assyrians, Benjamin Isakhan; Ancient India, Steven Muhlberger; Ancient China, Victoria Tin bor Hui; Israel and Phoenicia, Stephen Stockwell; Part II: Classical Democracy; Early Greece, Kurt A. Raaflaub; Athens, David J. Phillips; Rome, Philip Matyszak; Part III: Medieval Democracy; Islam, Larbi Sadiki; Venice, Stephen Stockwell; The Nordic Countries, Frode Hervik; The Christian Church, John P. Hittinger; Part IV: Early Modern Democracy; The English Parliament, Ann Lyon; The Levellers and Diggers, Andrew Bradstock; The Swiss Cantons, Thomas Lau; The American Revolution, Andrew Shankman; The French Revolution, John Markoff; Part V: Colonialism and Democracy; Africa, Maxwell Owusu; Native Americans, Bruce E. Johansen; Australasia, Tim Rowse; Singapore, Christine Doran; Part VI: National Movements; 1808: South American Liberation, John Fisher; 1848: European Revolutions, Mike Rapport; 1919: After Versailles, Conan Fischer; 1945: Post WWII Japan, Takashi Inoguchi; 1989: Eastern Europe, Peter M. E. Volten; Part VII: Peoples' Movements; Anti Slavery, Seymour Drescher; Women's Suffrage, Patricia Grimshaw and Charles Sowerwine; Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, Barry Hindess; Civil Rights, Michael L. Ondaatje; Part VIII: Democracy Today; South Africa, Roger Southall; Bolivia, Juan Manuel Arbona and Carmen Medeiros; Georgia, Lincoln A. Mitchell; Iraq, Benjamin Isakhan; Burma, Donald M. Seekins; China Since Tiananmen Square, Baogang He; Islam Since 9/11, Nader Hashemi; Part IX: Futures and Possibilities; Democracy Promotion, Christopher Hobson; Transnational Democracy, James Anderson; Digital Democracy, Brian Loader; Radical Democracy, Lincoln Dahlberg; Deliberative Democracy, Kasper M. Hansen and Christian F. Rostboll; New Thinking, John Keane; Conclusion: The Future History of Democracy, Stephen Stockwell; Index.

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A learned and powerful corrective to the conventional wisdom that democracy has specifically Western roots. The editors and contributors authoritatively demonstrate, rather, that the will of the people, citizen engagement and the rule of law have cut across very different cultural and historical trajectories. In so doing they reveal the complexity of democratic ideas and counter the facile and self-satisfied assumptions that have long characterised their study.--James Piscatori, Durham University This celebration of democracy's big tent explores a wide range of historical societies that might be seen as manifesting democratic tendencies or proto-democratic institutions, probes the successes and failures of recent democratic movements and interrogates the future of citizen government.--Josiah Ober, Stanford University

This celebration of democracy's big tent explores a wide range of historical societies that might be seen as manifesting democratic tendencies or proto-democratic institutions, probes the successes and failures of recent democratic movements and interrogates the future of citizen government.--Josiah Ober, Stanford University A learned and powerful corrective to the conventional wisdom that democracy has specifically Western roots. The editors and contributors authoritatively demonstrate, rather, that the will of the people, citizen engagement and the rule of law have cut across very different cultural and historical trajectories. In so doing they reveal the complexity of democratic ideas and counter the facile and self-satisfied assumptions that have long characterised their study.--James Piscatori, Durham University

Author Information

Benjamin Isakhan is Research Fellow in the Centre for Comparative Social Research at Deakin University. Stephen Stockwell is Professor of Journalism and Communication in the School of Humanities at Griffith University, Australia.

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