Democracy Against Itself
Download or Read eBook Democracy Against Itself PDF written by Mark Chou and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Mark Chou |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2014-06-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780748681891 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0748681892 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Democracy Against Itself by : Mark Chou
Book excerpt: Why do some democracies self-destruct? Using the collapse of democracy in ancient Athens and the Weimar Republic, as well as the uncertain fate of democratic rule in the United States and China today as illustrative examples, Mark Chou examines the conditions and characteristics of democracy that make it prone to self-destruct. In drawing out the political lessons from these past collapses, he explains how a democracy can, simply by being democratic, sow the seeds of its own destruction.
