Democracy's Dangers & Discontents
Subtitle: The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: Jul 01, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780817917944
Description: By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary American policy.
Notes: Source title: Democracy's Dangers & Discontents: The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama (Hoover Institution Press Publication)