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245 10 a| Democracy's dangers & discontentsh| [electronic resource] :b| the tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama /c| Bruce S. Thornton.;

246 3 a| Democracy's dangers and discontents;

246 3 a| Tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama;

260 a| Stanford, California :b| Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University,c| [2014];

300 a| xii, 191 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

490 1 a| Hoover Institution press publication ;v| no. 653;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.;

505 0 a| Foreword / Victor Davis Hanson -- Introduction: the triumph of democracy and the antidemocratic tradition -- The monitory failures of Athenian democracy -- The antidemocratic tradition and the American founding -- Democracy and Leviathan -- Conclusion: restoring limited government.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary American policy.;

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Democracy's dangers & discontents the tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama / Bruce S. Thornton.

Author/creator	Thornton, Bruce S.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2014]
Description	xii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Democracy.

Variant title	Democracy's dangers and discontents
Variant title	Tyranny of the majority from the Greeks to Obama
Series	Hoover Institution press publication ; no. 653 Hoover Institution Press publication ; 653. ^A283591
Contents	Foreword / Victor Davis Hanson -- Introduction: the triumph of democracy and the antidemocratic tradition -- The monitory failures of Athenian democracy -- The antidemocratic tradition and the American founding -- Democracy and Leviathan -- Conclusion: restoring limited government.
Abstract	By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary American policy.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015509169
ISBN	0817917942
ISBN	9780817917944

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