Title: The Edinburgh companion to the history of democracy : from pre-history to future possibilities
Abstract: Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Preface, Jack Goody Introduction: The Complex and Contested History of Democracy, Benjamin Isakhan Part I: Pre Classical Democracy Pre History, Christopher Boehm The Assyrians, Benjamin Isakhan Ancient India, Steven Muhlberger Ancient China, Victoria Tin bor Hui Israel and Phoenicia, Stephen Stockwell Part II: Classical Democracy Early Greece, Kurt A. Raaflaub Athens, David J. Phillips Rome, Philip Matyszak Part III: Medieval Democracy Islam, Larbi Sadiki Venice, Stephen Stockwell The Nordic Countries, Frode Hervik The Christian Church, John P. Hittinger Part IV: Early Modern Democracy The English Parliament, Ann Lyon The Levellers and Diggers, Andrew Bradstock The Swiss Cantons, Thomas Lau The American Revolution, Andrew Shankman The French Revolution, John Markoff Part V: Colonialism and Democracy Africa, Maxwell Owusu Native Americans, Bruce E. Johansen Australasia, Tim Rowse Singapore, Christine Doran Part VI: National Movements 1808: South American Liberation, John Fisher 1848: European Revolutions, Mike Rapport 1919: After Versailles, Conan Fischer 1945: Post WWII Japan, Takashi Inoguchi 1989: Eastern Europe, Peter M. E. Volten Part VII: Peoples' Movements Anti Slavery, Seymour Drescher Women's Suffrage, Patricia Grimshaw and Charles Sowerwine Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, Barry Hindess Civil Rights, Michael L. Ondaatje Part VIII: Democracy Today South Africa, Roger Southall Bolivia, Juan Manuel Arbona and Carmen Medeiros Georgia, Lincoln A. Mitchell Iraq, Benjamin Isakhan Burma, Donald M. Seekins China Since Tiananmen Square, Baogang He Islam Since 9/11, Nader Hashemi Part IX: Futures and Possibilities Democracy Promotion, Christopher Hobson Transnational Democracy, James Anderson Digital Democracy, Brian Loader Radical Democracy, Lincoln Dahlberg Deliberative Democracy, Kasper M. Hansen and Christian F. Rostboll New Thinking, John Keane Conclusion: The Future History of Democracy, Stephen Stockwell Index.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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