Foundations of Democracy in the European Union
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Hardcover. This work examines European democracy, showing how it has developed through key episodes in the long history of the process. It explores the significance of each episode in the development of national or federal democracy and concludes with an assessment of the prospects of liberal democracy. Editor(s): Pinder, John. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPHV; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
This book offers a new approach to the study of European democracy showing how this has developed through key episodes in the long history of the process: precursors in the Low Countries; the founding of British parliamentary then American federal democracy; post-revolutionary France; post-war Germany; the European Parliament. It examines the significance of each episode in the development of national or federal democracy and concludes with a positive assessment of the prospects of liberal democracy. This is an important book for political scientists, historians and others concerned with the development of democracy in Europe and beyond.
This book offers a new approach to the study of European democracy showing how this has developed through key episodes in the long history of the process: precursors in the Low Countries; the founding of British parliamentary then American federal democracy; post-revolutionary France; post-war Germany; the European Parliament. It examines the significance of each episode in the development of national or federal democracy and concludes with a positive assessment of the prospects of liberal democracy. This is an important book for political scientists, historians and others concerned with the development of democracy in Europe and beyond.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
151
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333774700
SKU
V9780333774700
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Ref
99-15
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COLIN BONWICK Professor of American History, Keele University RICHARD CORBETT Member of the European Parliament for Merseyside West; former Deputy Secretary-General of Socialist Group of MEPs ANTHONY GLEES Reader in Government, Brunel University JONATHAN I. ISRAEL Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London E.H. KOSSMAN Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Groningen and Professor of Dutch History, ... Read more
Reviews for Foundations of Democracy in the European Union
'This is a fascinating account of the foundations of democracy. The book's originality lies in at least two features. First, the functions are indentified more broadly than is conventional; that is, not only in the Greek city states, the Enlightenment and the American and French Revolutions. Mediaeval and pre-modern ideas and developments in the Low countries and England are shown ... Read more