EPISODE · Jun 1, 2021 · 30 MIN
Democracy: A Very Short Introduction by Bernard Crick
from Access Unmissable Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics · host Jared Berge
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/520407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Democracy: A Very Short Introduction Author: Bernard Crick Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all 'democracies' allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises. This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/520407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Democracy: A Very Short Introduction Author: Bernard Crick Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all 'democracies' allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises. This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims.
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