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- catalog abstract ""This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine, practices, and institutions of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and its varieties and conditions in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, and the claims and liberties of groups within society must often limit the will of democratic majorities."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12698090.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine, practices, and institutions of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and its varieties and conditions in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, and the claims and liberties of groups within society must often limit the will of democratic majorities."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-125) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The word and the deed -- The place from where we started -- Republicanism and democracy -- Comme disait M. de Tocqueville -- Democracy and populism -- The conditions of modern democracy -- Democratic citizenship.".
- catalog extent "130 p. :".
- catalog identifier "019280250X (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Very short introductions ; 75".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "321.8 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy History.".
- catalog subject "Democracy.".
- catalog subject "JC423 .C737 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The word and the deed -- The place from where we started -- Republicanism and democracy -- Comme disait M. de Tocqueville -- Democracy and populism -- The conditions of modern democracy -- Democratic citizenship.".
- catalog title "Democracy : A very short introduction / Bernard Crick.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".