Democracy (Record no. 49323)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780195338089
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name Atlantic Publishers & Distributors
Distributor address : 7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi.
Bill Number :1074137
Bill Date : 31/03/2018
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 321.8 KAP
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name ; Temma Kaplan.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy
Remainder of title : a world history.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Temma Kaplan.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2015.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 155 pages
Other physical details : illustrations
Dimensions ; 25 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 1053
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note Editor's preface --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Parting the waters and organizing the people --<br/>Prophetic movements and cities of promise --<br/>Democracy against all odds --<br/>Which people shall rule? --<br/>Social revolution and participatory democracy --<br/>Civil disobedience and racial justice --<br/>Optimism and outrage in struggles for democracy --<br/>New world drawing --<br/>Chronology --<br/>Notes --<br/>Further reading --<br/>Websites --<br/>Acknowledgments --<br/>Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Overview: In our time, the term "democracy" is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient Mesopotamia to the early twenty first century to create democratic governments that allow people to secure food, shelter, land, water, and peace for their mutual benefit. Since early times, proponents of direct or participatory democracy have come into conflict with the leaders of representative institutions that claim singular power over democracy. Patriots of one form or another have tried to reclaim the initiative to determine what democracy should mean and who should manage it. Frequently, people in small communities, trade unions, or repressed racial, religious, and political groups have marched forward using the language of democracy to carve a space for themselves and their ideas at the center of political life. Sometimes they have reinterpreted the old laws, and sometimes they have formulated new laws and institutions in order to gain greater opportunities to debate the major issues of their time. This book examines the development of the democratic ideal from ancient Rome to the Cortes in Spain, the philosophies of Guru Nanak and the Castilian patriot Juan de Padilla, and such inspirational personalities as the Polish trade unionist Anna Walentnyowicz and Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi. Though few democracies have sustained themselves for significant lengths of time, their emergence nearly everywhere on earth over thousands of years indicates their resilience despite the fragility of the democratic ideal.
655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Politics.
Non-focus term World politics.
-- Democracy.
-- History.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Temma Kaplan.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 11/04/2018 1053.00 1 321.8 KAP 25045 04/02/2019 14/08/2018 11/04/2018 Books
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