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020			_a9780192802507
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100	1		_92675 _aCrick, Bernard, _d1929-2008
245	1	0	_aDemocracy : _ba very short introduction / _cBernard Crick.
260			_aOxford : _aNew York ; _bOxford University Press, _c2002.
300			_a130 p. ; _bill. b&w ; _c18 cm.
490	1		_aVery short introduction ; _v75
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCh. 1. The world and the deed -- Ch. 2. The place from where we started -- Ch. 3. Republicanism and democracy -- Ch. 4. Comme disait M. de Tocqueville -- Ch. 5. Democracy and populism -- Ch. 6. The conditions of modern democracy -- Ch. 7. The conditions of modern democracy.
520			_aNo political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all "democracies" allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises. This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it 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, should in some situations limit democratic claims.
650		0	_955 _aDemocracy
650		0	_955 _aDemocracy _xHistory
830		0	_95 _aVery short introductions _v75
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