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020			_a9780192802507
082			_a321.8 CRI
100			_aCrick, Bernard
245		0	_aDemocracy: a very short introduction
260			_aOxford
260			_bOxford University Press
260			_c2002
300			_a130 p.
520			_aNo political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all 'democracies' allow free politics, and the practices of free politics came before democratic franchises. This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine, practices, and institutions of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and its varieties and conditions in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, and the claims and liberties of groups within society must often limit the will of democratic majorities.
650			_aPolitical Science
942			_cB _2ddc