Democracy and its Critics (Routledge Revivals) : Anglo-American Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century (Routledge Revivals)

Roper, Jon

Routledge（2012/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 244 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415608879
• DDC分類 321.809034

Full Description

Originally published in 1989, a guide for students coming for the first time to the study of democracy, who often find it difficult to trace the developement of the idea and to place it in historical context. In this accesible and informative text, Jon Roper introduces the reader to arguments for and against criticisms of the concept of democracy. He does so through examination of the statements and writings of major nineteenth-century politicians and philosophers, in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Traditions of Democratic Thought; Part 2 The democratic debate in America; Chapter 2 The Founding of the American Republic; Chapter 3 Democracy's Critics; Chapter 4 Interpretations of the Democratic Ideal; Part 3 The democratic debate in Britain; Chapter 5 Preparing for Democracy; Chapter 6 A Grudging Acceptance of the People's Right to Vote; Chapter 7 Democracy's Critics; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 8 Democracy, Values and Ideology;