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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Brian S. RoperPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780745331898ISBN 10: 0745331890 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 20 November 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Origins: Democracy in the Ancient Greek World 2. Democracy Suppressed: The Roman Republic 3. The Early Middle Ages and the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism 4. The English Revolution and Parliamentary Democracy 5. The American Revolution and Constitutional Redefinition of Democracy 6. The Revolutionary Revival of Democracy in France 7. The Revolutions of 1848-49 8. Capitalist Expansion, Globalization and Democratization 9. The Marxist Critique of Capitalism and Representative Democracy 10. Precursors of Socialist Participatory Democracy: The Paris Commune 1871 and Russian Revolutions 1905 and 1917 General BibliographyReviewsIn this stunning and panoramic survey, Brian Roper sheds enormous light on the theory and practice of democracy across the ages. Focussing on issues of freedom, oppression and class domination, Roper makes a compelling case for the enduring importance of socialist models of participatory democracy. This is an important and timely book, which will be of great interest to scholars and activists alike. -- David McNally, Professor of Political Science, York University, author of Another World is Possible and Global Slump Democracy is the product of intense class struggles rather than the incremental decisions of enlightened lawmakers. Brian Roper's insightful and coherent survey convincingly makes this argument through a series of accessible studies that range from ancient Athens through the English Civil War to the workers' revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries. -- Rick Kuhn, Deutscher Prize winner, Reader in Politics at the Australian National University and long-time activist. Author InformationBrian S. Roper lectures in Politics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has been involved in the socialist left and political activism in New Zealand since the early 1980s. He is the author of Prosperity for All? Economic, Social and Political Change in New Zealand since 1935 (2005). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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