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Michael Saward - Democracy - 9780745623498 - V9780745623498
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Democracy

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Description for Democracy Hardback. This new textbook invites readers to explore their own responses to debates about democracya s meaning. It provides tools for thinking actively about democracy as a practice, an ideal, and a site of contestation. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPFF; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
This new textbook invites readers to explore their own responses to debates about democracy's meaning. It provides tools for thinking actively about democracy as a practice, an ideal, and a site of contestation.

Open-minded and written with genuine clarity for an undergraduate audience, Saward's book avoids providing easy answers to democracy's dilemmas. Instead, it offers to students the diverse approaches to democracy, showing how the key narratives of contemporary political life have been created and adapted.


Working through a series of compelling real and hypothetical cases, twentieth-century narratives of democracy and their roots, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Key Concepts
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745623498
SKU
V9780745623498
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Michael Saward
Michael Saward is Professor of Politics at the Open University.

Reviews for Democracy
"Saward’s short book is a refreshing account of the broad concerns of democracy which manages to be critical without being pessimistic. It will stimulate students into asking questions rather than trying to provide answers. It provides a general background reading for anyone interested in democratic theory, presenting different routes for students to pursue further study." Keith Dowding, London School of ... Read more

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