Democracy: A Very Short Introduction

Download or read book Democracy: A Very Short Introduction written by Bernard Crick and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2002-10-10 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.