The Democracy Reader

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IDEA, 2002 - Political Science - 303 pages
This book is an all-in-one introduction to both the theory and practice of democracy, aimed at upper-level high school and university students, as well as civic-minded adults in both old and new democracies. Portions of the book are extracted from the Democracy is a Discussion handbooks.
 

Contents

II
xiii
III
xv
IV
21
V
26
VI
48
VII
60
VIII
69
IX
89
XIX
171
XX
183
XXI
191
XXII
203
XXV
215
XXVI
223
XXVII
240
XXVIII
241

X
105
XI
109
XIV
120
XV
132
XVI
137
XVII
146
XVIII
160
XXIX
250
XXX
264
XXXI
279
XXXII
295
XXXIII
302
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Page xviii - I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered; and I believe further that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.

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