Setting the People Free: The Story of DemocracyWhy does democracy, both as a word and an idea, linger so large in the political imagination today? John Dunn charts its slow but insistent metamorphosis from its roots in Ancient Greece to its overwhelming triumph in the years since 1945. Setting the People Free is an account of this extraordinary idea and its evolution. |
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Preface Why Democracy? | 13 |
Democracys First Coming | 23 |
Democracys Second Coming | 71 |
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