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Democracy East and West: A Philosophical Overview
Contributor(s): Kainz, Howard P. (Author)
ISBN: 1450276407     ISBN-13: 9781450276405
Publisher: iUniverse
OUR PRICE:   $12.56  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy
- Philosophy | Political
Dewey: 321.8
Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.46 lbs) 160 pages
 
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A reexamination of democracy, which during the eighteenthcentury Enlightenment seemed to offer a much-desired escape from arbitrary class structures and oppressive governments, but has not proven to be a sure formula or a simple solution. An awareness of the true complexities of democracy requires an understanding of a perennial dialectic residing at the heart of democracy, and manifesting itself in specific dialectical relationships: between elitism and populism, liberty and equality, smallness and bigness, religion and secular life, politics and economics, etc. This book argues that such dialectical relationships, originally most explicit in particular nations, are also manifest in international relations.