Democratic statecraft : political realism and popular power / / J.S. Maloy, Oklahoma State University.
"Shows that the Western tradition of statecraft, long considered the method of tyrants and oligarchs, can steer our thinking about democracy in bold new directions"--
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 236 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: realism and democracy; 2. Reason of state and two dimensions of realism; 3. From the Sophists to Aristotle: institutions lie; 4. From Aristotle to Machiavelli: democracy bites; 5. From Machiavelli to the Puritans: fire fights fire; 6. From the Puritans to the Populists: money never sleeps; 7. Conclusion: power and paradoxes.