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Democracy and Liberty
William Lecky
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Description for Democracy and Liberty
Hardcover. Num Pages: 981 pages, tables, index. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 46. Weight in Grams: 2016.
"When democracy turns, as it often does, into a corrupt plutocracy, both national decadence and social revolution are being prepared." So wrote the Irish-born historian, W E H Lecky (1838-1903) in this devastating assault on mass democracy. Lecky spoke for the landed gentry and the upper middle classes of late Victorian England when he warned his countrymen that an unfettered democracy would destroy the balance of interests in the community and thereby undermine the Constitution. "A tendency to democracy," said Lecky, "does not mean a tendency to parliamentary government, or even a tendency toward greater liberty." Indeed, the type of ... Read more
"When democracy turns, as it often does, into a corrupt plutocracy, both national decadence and social revolution are being prepared." So wrote the Irish-born historian, W E H Lecky (1838-1903) in this devastating assault on mass democracy. Lecky spoke for the landed gentry and the upper middle classes of late Victorian England when he warned his countrymen that an unfettered democracy would destroy the balance of interests in the community and thereby undermine the Constitution. "A tendency to democracy," said Lecky, "does not mean a tendency to parliamentary government, or even a tendency toward greater liberty." Indeed, the type of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
981
Condition
New
Number of Pages
981
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780913966808
SKU
V9780913966808
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About William Lecky
William Lecky
Reviews for Democracy and Liberty
"Democracy and Liberty is the most thorough manual of conservative politics produced during the nineteenth century."
Russell Kirk, 'The Conservative Mind'.
Russell Kirk, 'The Conservative Mind'.