The Civic Bargain : : How Democracy Survives / /

The Civic Bargain : : How Democracy Survives / / / Josiah Ober, Brook Manville.

A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive-if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their country's system of governance is being "tested" or is "under attack." But is the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
VerfasserIn:
Manville, Brook,
Ober, Josiah,
:
Ober, Josiah,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Democracy's Real Deal
  • 1 Fundamentals: Essential Conditions for Democracy
  • 2 Athens: The Bargain That Invented the Power of the Citizenry
  • 3 Rome: The Compromises That Created the First Great Republic
  • 4 Britain: The Royal Bargains That Made Parliament Sovereign
  • 5 United States: Painful Compromises in Search of a More Perfect Union
  • 6 Patterns in Democratic Bargaining and Survival
  • 7 Keeping the Deal Real
  • Notes
  • Works Consulted and Further Reading
  • References
  • Index

Similar Items